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The venerable remote-control package for the Macintosh OS has reinvented itself for the enterprise market. It now offers robust network installation features, integration with Windows NT domains, and tight security, along with support for numerous ESM platforms. We tested Timbuktu version 1.5.4 and Timbuktu Pro (Beta) in this roundup.
The installation can be fully scripted. The automated installation of the Windows95 version is done without the knowledge of or intervention from the user and should be launched from a login script or manually by a user launching the setup. Although you can set virtually all aspects of the installation, we were disappointed that you cannot have the program automatically set the host name-it has to be set by the user along with the user name and master password (protects the security and preferences dialogs) after the setup completes. This leaves the installation open to modification...