Resource Type: remotemanagement

Defined in:

lib/puppet/type/remotemanagement.rb

Providers:

default

Overview

Manage Mac OS X Apple Remote Desktop client settings. remotemanagement { ‘apple_remote_desktop’:

ensure            => 'running',
allow_all_users   => false,
enable_menu_extra => false,
users             => {
  'fred'   => -1073741569,
  'daphne' => -2147483646,
  'velma'  => -1073741822
},

}

EXAMPLE USER PRIVILEGE SETTINGS ===

Bit map for naprivs

---

64 Bit Hex Int Bit Decimal Checkbox Item

FFFFFFFFC0000000 0 -1073741824 enabled but nothing set FFFFFFFFC0000001 1 -1073741823 send text msgs FFFFFFFFC0000002 2 -1073741822 control and observe, show when observing FFFFFFFFC0000004 3 -1073741820 copy items FFFFFFFFC0000008 4 -1073741816 delete and replace items FFFFFFFFC0000010 5 -1073741808 generate reports FFFFFFFFC0000020 6 -1073741792 open and quit apps FFFFFFFFC0000040 7 -1073741760 change settings FFFFFFFFC0000080 8 -1073741696 restart and shutdown

FFFFFFFF80000002 -2147483646 control and observe don’t show when observing FFFFFFFFC00000FF -1073741569 all enabled

Properties

• all_users_privs

  The privleges to use when the :allow_all_users bool is set to true.

• allow_all_users (defaults to: false)

  Whether to enable ARD access for ALL local users of the machine.

  Supported values:

  • true
  • false
• allow_vnc_requests (defaults to: false)

  Allow VNC guests to request permission?

  Supported values:

  • true
  • false
• allow_wbem_requests (defaults to: false)

  Allow incoming WBEM requests over IP.

  Supported values:

  • true
  • false
• allowed_dir_groups

  A list of directory groups allowed to access to the service.

• enable_dir_logins (defaults to: false)

  Allow the special directory groups to be used.

  Supported values:

  • true
  • false
• enable_legacy_vnc (defaults to: false)

  Enable or disable legacy VNC support. Just a bad idea all around.

  Supported values:

  • true
  • false
• enable_menu_extra (defaults to: false)

  Enable or disable the ARD menu extra in the user’s task bar.

  Supported values:

  • true
  • false
• ensure

  The basic property that the resource should be in.

  Supported values:

  • stopped
  • running
• users

  A hash containing a username to privilege mapping.

• vnc_password

  The password used for VNC, stored as plain text! Thinking this is not a good idea? Yeah, me too. Don’t use it.

Parameters

• name (namevar) (defaults to: apple_remote_desktop)

  Name of the setup.

• provider

  The specific backend to use for this ‘remotemanagement` resource. You will seldom need to specify this — Puppet will usually discover the appropriate provider for your platform.

• strict (defaults to: true)

  Setting this to true will explicitly define which users are permitted RemoteManagement privs. This means that any account not defined in the :users hash will have their privs revoked if present.

  Supported values:

  • true
  • false