Mod:Hunt Research Group/mac remote

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set-up system preferences on your office mac

This only works without a firewall

System Preferences -> Sharing -> Remote Management.

Allow access for "only these users" and set appropriate limits

You can then access the remote mac through the Finder on the sidebar under the Shared browser.

This will show you all the machines on your local network that have sharing on. Click on the mac you want to connect to, don't worry that is "connects" you only as guest when you use the share screen button this will connect you as a particular user and not guest.

screen sharing through a firewall

you need a VNC viewer on your home mac

common client is chicken of the VNC (free) http://sourceforge.net/projects/cotvnc/

start up a VNC client (and thats all you need to do!)

in Applications "Chicken of the VNC.app"

you may need the IP address of your office mac

in which case ssh into the machine

type "/sbin/ifconfig"

in the list that follows you want the number after "inet"

so you went to fullscreen and cannot recover supposedly (none of these worked for me)

ctrl+alt+cmd+'

or ctrl+alt+cmd+shift+'

or ctrl+alt+cmd+§

so the remote screen is much larger than your current screen, use window zoom and then try to resize

the green dot in the mac window will resize any window to the whole screen if you loose the edges (if its not working as in iTunes, hold the option key and then the green button)

to start an application remotely using ssh

use the terminal application

ssh in, ie user@mac.ch.ic.ac.uk

enter password

then cd to Applications and type "open application"

the application will then run on the remote mac

screen sharing without setting up system pref beforehand

CAREFUL! only do this if you know about using terminal commands

ssh into the remote (office) mac with an admin login

enable the remote management via the kickstart utility

for help

$ sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart -help

options (uninstall/install, deactivate/activate, configure, stop/restart)

these then have sub-options

use "-restart -agent" to restart

"-agent" restarts the ARD agent and helper

"-console" restarts the console application

"-menu" restarts the menu extra

to set the configure options

use "-configure -access -on" to enable access for all users

use "-configure -access -off" to disable access for all users

access privlages (delete files, control and observe, open and quit applications etc)

use "-users admin -privs -all" to enable all access privileges for all admin users

use "-users guest -privs -none" to disable all access privileges for specified user=guest

access options

use "-allowAccessFor -specifiedUsers" grant access to users with privileges

use "-clientopts -setvnclegacy -vnclegacy yes" allow VNC legacy password mode

use "-clientopts -setvncpw -vncpw mypasswd" set VNC legacy password, this should be a new password not your login one.

Activate Remote Desktop Sharing, enable access privileges for all users, restart ARD Agent

$ sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart -activate -configure -access -on -privs -all -restart -agent

Activate Remote Desktop Sharing, enable access privileges for the users "admin", grant full privileges for the users "admin", restart ARD Agent and Menu extra

$ sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart -activate -configure -access -on -users admin -privs -all -restart -agent -menu

turn on the screen sharing

$ sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart -activate -configure -access -on -users admin -clientopts -setvnclegacy -vnclegacy yes -clientopts -setvncpw -vncpw mypasswd -privs -all -restart -agent

when you are done turn off the screen sharing

$ sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart -deactivate -configure -access -off