Vnc viewer for mac mavericks install#
Vnc viewer for mac mavericks password#

Remmina in ubuntu 12.04 's password is not the vnc password set in computer settings, but the account password. Prepare a ssh tunneling inside Mac server ssh -L 5901:localhost:5900 localhost, so that vnc to 5901 in the server is equal to vnc to server's 5900 (can check state of port 5901 using lsof as mentioned above), then Linux client ssh into Mac and run open vnc://localhost:5901, this will be what happens in the Mac server:.Linux client ssh into Mac, then run open vnc://localhost: you cannot control your own screen, this is because 5900 is by default already served for the display of Mac itself.But X11 Windows/Programs like xclock, firefox can be forwarded to Linux client properly command in Linux client, rather than a pop up window in Linux client, the apps will be opened in Mac server, think of Linux client helping Mac server to fire a command, this is because Linux client can't render Aqua native apps. However, in Mac server Linux client settings, after ssh logged in, when trying to open Mac native apps like Finder using open.

Vnc viewer for mac mavericks install#

Mac's beautful ui including all apps is called Aqua, it's very different from XServer in Linux, that's why you need to install XQuartz to setup an XServer in Mac so that it can render XWindows forwarded from Linux servers. Can check 5900 port number by lsof -i :5900 in MachineA and see if it is listening Basically using ssh tunneling is for safety reason as it provides better encription of communication compared to directly using vnc protocol, but in low level they both reply on tcp connection. Then we can vnc view Mac through ssh tunneling.

Vncviewer localhost:5900 # or vncviewer localhost meaning of ssh -L port1:localhost:port2 (suppose i issue this command in MachineA): it is a normal ssh logging, but after logging in serveraddr, all the traffic to port1 in MachineA will be forwarded to port2 in serveraddr, emp.Mac drop wireless connection after client enters the correct vnc password and tries to estabilish the connection, solution: sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/ VNCAlwaysStartOnConsole -bool true from VNC connection to Mavericks Screen Sharing drops WiFi connection No matching security types mac, solution: make sure a vnc password is given in Computer Settings, it is the password (not the Mac User Account's password) that will be used when vnc client tries to connect Mac using vncviewer If client is Linux or Win, sounds simple: vncviewer vnc://ipaddr, possible issues: If client is Apple, simple: open vnc://ipaddr

OS: OSX 10.10 Yosemite enable screen sharing