Setting a user's iChat status to available using Apple Remote Desktop

Hi,
I have a couple of users who routinely forget to re-set their iChat status to 'available' when arriving for work and opening their laptops. (Of course, iChat usually fails to set their status automatically, even though that option is checked).
Is there a terminal command I can issue to do this for them from ARD?

osascript -e 'tell application "iChat"' -e 'log in' -e 'end tell'
Barry Burciul wrote:
Hi,
I have a couple of users who routinely forget to re-set their iChat status to 'available' when arriving for work and opening their laptops. (Of course, iChat usually fails to set their status automatically, even though that option is checked).
Is there a terminal command I can issue to do this for them from ARD?

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