Does Apple Remote Desktop control only one specified local account or could you, say, make it able to manage all network accounts?

When you set up Remote Desktop, is it possible to set up Remote Desktop for ALL network accounts on that computer instead of enabling it for each network account.

If I understood this straight, yes, you can control any user logged in a client computer, doesn't matter which login/pass you used to first connect. In other words, if you added a computer by the user "Jonh" you can still control remotely the same computer even if "Mary" is logged at the moment.
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