ARD: "Could not update RemoteManagement preference file with new allowAccessFor setting"

[americanhanko]

This error occurs occasionally during the unattended bootstrap process:

ard[activate and configure remote management] (lab_core::remote_management line 16) had an error: Mixlib::ShellOut::ShellCommandFailed: execute[/System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart] (/var/chef/cache/cookbooks/macos/resources/ard.rb line 72) had an error: Mixlib::ShellOut::ShellCommandFailed: Expected process to exit with [0], but received '2'
---- Begin output of /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart -configure -allowAccessFor -allUsers -access -on -privs -all ----
STDOUT: Starting...
Setting allow all users to YES.
STDERR: <dscl_cmd> DS Error: -14009 (eDSUnknownNodeName)
<dscl_cmd> DS Error: -14009 (eDSUnknownNodeName)
2018-03-17 01:29:30.569 defaults[1335:9723] Could not write domain /Library/Preferences/com.apple.RemoteManagement; exiting
Could not update RemoteManagement perference file with new allowAccessFor setting. at /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart line 1073.
---- End output of /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart -configure -allowAccessFor -allUsers -access -on -privs -all ----
Ran /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart -configure -allowAccessFor -allUsers -access -on -privs -all returned 2