Chicken Of The Vnc Catalina

Locked out of a Mac because Remote Desktop has suddenly taken a crap on you? Want to remotely enable Screen Sharing (Apple’s fancy name for VNC)? Well, as long as you have SSH active, you can enable Screen Sharing on Mac OS X 10.5 by following these easy instructions.

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SSH into the machine on which you want to enable VNC.

EDIT 2/23/2017: If you don’t want to enable Apple remote management, but instead ONLY want to enable screensharing, use the two commands below in Terminal:

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

THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS ARE DEPRECATED:

First, we need to make sure that Remote Desktop is turned OFF. Issue the following command:

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<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC'-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN''http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd'><plist version='1.0'>
<key>ARD_AllLocalUsers</key>
<key>LoadRemoteManagementMenuExtra</key>
<key>ScreenSharingReqPermEnabled</key>
<key>VNCLegacyConnectionsEnabled</key>
</dict>
</plist>

Press return, then press CTRL-d to close the file.

Enter your administrator password if prompted. Then, copy and paste the following text:

Press return, then press CTRL-d to close the file.

Set the default VNC password to “pass” by creating this file:

and copying and pasting the following text:

Press return, then press CTRL-d to close the file.

Let’s change the ownership and permissions on these files to their correct values:

sudo bash-c'echo enabled > /Library/Preferences/com.apple.ScreenSharing.launchd'

Finally, let’s reboot the machine:

You can now VNC into your Mac, using either Leopard’s built in screen sharing or a third party VNC utility. On Mac, I recommend Chicken of the VNC, available for free download at http://sourceforge.net/projects/cotvnc/. Point your app of choice to your machine’s IP address or hostname. When prompted for a password, use the default one from above (pass).

Once you’re in, you need to go to System Preferences -> Sharing -> Screen Sharing, and click the “Computer Settings” button. There, enter in a new password to replace the default used at the beginning steps of this article.

Apple includes a VNC server in every edition of Mac OS X 10.4 and later. You can start the server through a discrete check box in the Sharing preferences.

This article refers to Mac OS X 10.4, aka Tiger. More recent versions are available on our VNC on Mac OS X page.

A VNC server lets you control your Mac from another computer. The other computer does not need to be a Mac; it can be a Windows PC.

There are a number of VNC servers available for the Mac. These are no longer needed with Mac OS X 10.4 and later.

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The VNC server built into your Mac is free, easy to switch on, and supported by Apple.

Starting the Mac OS X VNC Server

  1. Launch the System Preferences.

    Screenshot 1: Launch System Preferences

  2. Select the Sharing preferences.

    Screenshot 2: Open the Shared preferences.

  3. Enable Apple Remote Desktop within the Services panel.

    Screenshot 3: Enabled Apple Remote Desktop.

  4. Enable VNC viewers may control screen with password: in the Access Privileges… sheet.

    Screenshot 4: Enabled VNC viewers.

  5. Enter a hard to guess pass phrase. You will need this to connect from the remote computer.
  6. Click OK to save your settings.

You are now running a VNC server and can connect remotely to your Mac.

To connect you need a VNC viewer. Thankfully these are numerous and many are free.

Try the oddly named Chicken of VNC — Wikipedia claims the name is a play on words referencing the Chicken of the Sea Tuna brand.

Why mention this?

The built-in VNC server on Mac OS X appears to be a little known feature. For administrators, and those looking after Macs for distant family members, VNC is fantastic.

If you are looking for an easier, or one off, means of remote access, take a look at Fog Creek's Copilot service.

Hope this helps.