Remote Software Update

Hi
I'm having trouble getting ARD to do remote software updates. By default, my users are all Standard, and I set auto updates off on each client. I can interrogate each client by sending a UNIX command (as the ARD user):
softwareupdate -l -a
and this returns the expected list(s).
When I try to install the updates (as the ARD user, or as the client admin user) with:
softwareupdate -i -a
I receive the message 'softwareupdate: Must be run as root'
I can't use sudo, as it asks for the pwd and stops execution. I don't want to enable root on the clients - is there a way to get this working?
cheers
---john---

Do you know if the commands:
SoftwareUpdate -l -a
SoftwareUpdate -i -a
Are Workstation OS version dependent, as we have a Lab that has a number of Jaguar (10.2.8) machines w/ARD 2.2 that protest when this command is issued against them as root...
result is:
SoftwareUpdate -l: No such Update name
SoftwareUpdate -a: No such Update name
Software Update Tool
Copyright 2002 Apple Computer, Inc.
Any pointers on this would be greatly appreciated or am I missing something (ie; one needs to have an internal update server service running on OS X Server in house...) / is there a FAQ or Man page that is available for the SoftwareUpdate UNIX command?
Thanks in Advance
OKeeton

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