Agent-Based Management

Abstract

This chapter is about agents that can run on a Mac. Agents are services, or programs, that run on devices. These agents are specifically designed to give a systems administrator command and control over a Mac and are usually agents that start a listener on the Mac or tell the Mac to log in to a server and pull down management tasks from that server on a routine basis. These give administrators the ability to control various aspects of computers from a centralized server. Commands are sent to the device from the server or pulled from the server and run on devices.