posted Dec 23, 2008 10:00 AM by Philip Rinehart
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updated Dec 23, 2008 10:01 AM by Greg Neagle
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| Written by Richard Glaser & James Reynolds | | Friday, 16 September 2005 | | If want to speed up the process of resetting your Apple Remote Desktop username & password rather than manually selecting each client and changing the username or password, here is a AppleScript that will automate the process. To use this AppleScript, you need to turn on "Enable access for assistive devices" in System Preferences -> Universal Access -> Seeing. Next, launch "Remote Destkop" select a group of clients & select Get Info, run the AppleScript enter ARD username & password at the prompts and sit back and watch it work. See script below... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Program : ARD Reset Username & Password
-- Purpose : Automate changing the username and password for connections
-- Based upon : An AppleScript by Richard Glaser & James Reynolds
-- Revised : 2005/09/15 <hkr> Initial version
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tell application "Remote Desktop"
set window_names to the name of (every window whose visible is true and name ends with "Info")
end tell
if window_names = {} then
display dialog "You don't have any info windows open." buttons {"Ooops"} default button 1
return
end if
set ARD_user to the text returned of (display dialog "ARD Login:" default answer "username" with title "ARD Login")
set ARD_password to the text returned of (display dialog "ARD Password:" default answer "password" with title "ARD Password" with hidden answer)
tell application "System Events"
tell process "Remote Desktop"
repeat with this_window_name in window_names
click button "Edit" of window this_window_name
set value of text field 2 of group 1 of window this_window_name to ARD_user
set value of text field 3 of group 1 of window this_window_name to ARD_password
click button "Done" of window this_window_name
click button 1 of window this_window_name
end repeat
end tell
end tell |
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