I don't know much about Mac OS X Server, but does it have this type of remote installation without requiring ARD?
Thanks, Palav On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 8:04 PM, I. Savant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Remotely means pushing software packages to clients on a network. Not > > understood meaning of "An installer that pulls its payload from a remote > > server". > > That's considerably more complicated than a simple client-side > install by dragging an application to a folder. :-) > > I wonder if you realize that there are mechanisms already in place > on every Mac to handle 'push' installs for any installer package. > Apple Remote Desktop makes this easy for any application. You can > select multiple computers on your network, tell it to install a > package, run a script, copy a file, etc. In the case of a standard > installer package, you can just select the package and it'll run > silently on all clients. > > This, IMO, is a far better solution than reinventing the wheel for > an individual application. From the very first page of the document I > sent you: > > "Network administrators can use a type of managed install, a remote > install, to install a product on several networked computers using > Remote Desktop. No user interaction occurs in this type of install." > > The how-to's on that, however, are best suited for another list, but > that is *the* standard way on OS X - it unfortunately requires ARD > (Apple Remote Desktop), I believe. > > A somewhat clunkier method might be to run a script via SSH ... > > -- > I.S. > -- There are many things in your life that will catch your eye but only a few will catch your heart....pursue those'. _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
