Thursday, May 30, 2019

Fixed: x2vnc not working with Mac OS X

(from the Wow - this was obscure department)

Hi everyone,

If you're trying to control your Mac OS X screen from your Linux box using x2vnc and the built-in Mac OS Screen Sharing server, and it's not working - or has stopped working - I finally figured out why.

It's because the Mac now adds a small security screen during an unencrypted VNC login.

To get around this, you need to bypass this screen so that VNC goes to the currently logged-in user.

This is done via this command:

sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.RemoteManagement VNCAlwaysStartOnConsole -bool true

Be aware that this bypasses some added security, so use this carefully.  

Cheers,
Paul
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6 comments:

  1. JonJuly 9, 2020 at 9:30 AM

    Thanks. This worked.

    I also had to run the following command to get it to work:

    sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.RemoteManagement VNCLegacyConnectionsEnabled -bool true

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  2. Sam WormOctober 19, 2020 at 9:10 AM

    Thank you for sharing this, using your command and the extra option from the comments resolved my connection problems. Greatly appreciated.

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  3. AnonymousApril 7, 2021 at 9:32 AM

    THANK YOU this works!!!! I put in both defaults writes right off the bat

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  4. Derek WilliamsJune 18, 2021 at 1:19 PM

    Is now saying 'Command not found' on High Sierra 10.13.6

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  5. UnknownJune 18, 2021 at 1:23 PM

    Since realised the Mac login name had changed - so it's working after all now.

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  6. Derek WilliamsJune 18, 2021 at 1:24 PM

    Oops, that was me above, didn't realise I had to log in anew for every single comment I add.

    To reiterate, it's back up and working now.

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