#VNC FOR MAC OS X MAC OS X#

Today we learned a couple solid, reliable mechanisms for establishing a remote administration connection to a Mac OS X computer. Remote Mac OS X desktop session from Windows Conclusion ^ The following screenshot shows a VNC session between a Windows XP workstation and a Mac OS X Lion computer: I myself use TightVNC because of its robust support for add-ons. Several quality VNC clients for Windows are available: If we want to establish a remote desktop session to a Mac OS X computer, the VNC protocol is probably our best option. Of course, once we have authenticated to the Mac, we can issue shell commands as if we had a local Terminal session open on the computer. Remote Mac OS X Terminal session from Windows In the screen output you see (a) the connection and authentication process (b) a run of pwd to test that we are in fact connected to a Mac and (c) authentication as the root superuser. The following image shows a PuTTY-based SSH connection to a remote Mac OS X computer. NOTE: Technically, we could use the built-in Telnet client in Windows to establish to the Mac OS X Telnet server, but as we both know, this protocol is hideously unsecure. Both are easy to use, and accomplish the same goal. I would suggest that you try either OpenSSH or PuTTY. Thus, we will have to download an SSH client. Unfortunately, Microsoft has never (repeat: never) included built-in support for this vendor-neutral, open-source protocol in its operating systems. We can use a Secure Shell (SSH) client in Windows to establish a secure remote Terminal connection to our target Mac OS X computer. You may need to take this information into account when firewalls and Internet connections are involved. VNC Viewer is then run by each user who must access those desktops. VNC Server runs within a user session, or attached to the console session, and allows it to be remotely accessed.

#VNC FOR MAC OS X FOR MAC OS X#

NOTE: VNC uses TCP port 5900 and SSH uses TCP port 22 by default. VNC Enterprise Edition for Mac OS X is composed of two components, VNC Viewer and VNC Server.

#VNC FOR MAC OS X PASSWORD#

Supply a strong password and click OK to complete the configuration.Д®nabling incoming VNC connections in Mac OS X To enable the VNC server, select Remote Management and then press Computer SettingsвЂ¦.A drop-down pane appears in which we can select VNC viewers may control screen with password. рџ™‚Д®nabling inbound SSH connections in Mac OS X In the screenshot below, 'uwarnti' refers to the currently logged on Mac user, and the IP address is, well, the IP address. The status area at right helpfully informs us of our SSH connection string. To turn on the SSH server, enable Remote Login. The only real concerns you should have in using it are security hardening, ie restricting access to specific IP addresses or users. As an added bonus, Real VNC is available as a free iOS app. On your Mac OS X computer, open the Sharing System Preferences pane. OS X is designed to work with VNC protocol out of the box. Thus, we have immediate, вЂњout of the boxвЂќ remote connectivity to our Mac boxes. The good news is that Mac OS X (both the server and desktop varieties) include built-in File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Secure Shell (SSH), and Virtual Network Computing (VNC) servers.

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