To be able to remote enable a remote control feature for Mac Clients in the deployment console. In the current build of the Darwin adlagent there is no remote control ability to manage clients. This article takes you through the steps of enabling that ability in the deployment console. This article works on clients that can install the Darwin adlagent. So any version not supported on the Deployment Solution guide will not be able to use this guide. Please refer to the current reference guide for exact information (http://www.altiris.com/Support/Documentation.aspx).
Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5 include the server component out of the box so all we need to do is turn it on.
NOTE: the Next steps will be done on the deployment server.
[VNC] Display-Name=&Linux Remote RemoteToolEXEFilePath=tightvnc\vncviewer.exe CommandLine="%AGENTIPADDR%"
NOTE: If you refer to my Linux remote control articles you can change the name of the "Display-Name=&Linux Remote" to "Display-Name=&Mac Remote" to keep them separate. This way if you have people that are not familiar with the term VNC they should know the term "Mac" and "Linux"
Now when you right click on a Linux machine you can remote control a Linux machine. There are options that you can set passwords and resolution sizes on the Linux machines. To see more information about additional command line switches see http://www.realvnc.com/products/free/4.1
[VNC]Display-Name=&Mac RemoteRemoteToolEXEFilePath=tightvnc\vncviewer.exeCommandLine="%COMPNAME%.domain.com"