Altiris Deployment Solution™ from Symantec User’s Guide 109
Deployment agents
To remotely manage computers from a Deployment Console, a Deployment Agent is
installed on each computer in the Deployment Server system. Deployment Agents are
provided for various computer types, including Windows, Linux, and DOS computers.
The following Deployment Agents reside on the client computer and communicate with
the Deployment Server.
User must
change
password at
next logon
Select to force the user to change the password after setting the
configuration properties.
User cannot
change
password
Prohibit the user from changing the password at any time.
Password
never expires
Select to maintain the user password.
See also Computer configuration properties on page 101.
To set or modify Deployment Agent settings from the Deployment Server
Console, right-click a computer or group, select Change Agent Settings
and click Production or Automation.
To set or modify agent settings for new computers, click Tools > Options,
click Agent Settings.
Deployment Agent on
Windows
The Deployment Agent runs on Windows computers,
including desktops, notebooks, and servers.
See Deployment agent settings on page 110.
Deployment Agent on Linux This Deployment Agent runs on Linux workstations
and servers.
See Deployment agent settings on page 110.
Automation Agent The Automation Agent is used when you create
configurations to boot client computer to automation.
This is done through Boot Disk Creator.
See Boot Disk Creator Help and Install automation
partition on page 133.
Deployment Agent on
ThinClient CE 6.0
This agent runs on ThinClient Windows CE 6.0
operating systems and lets the Deployment Console
manage WinCE 6.0 based Thin Clients.
Deployment Agent on CE
.NET
This agent runs on the CE .NET 4.2 operating
system.
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