[X-Unix] enable remote desktop from CLI

Robert Tillyard rob2 at atvetsystems.com
Fri Dec 1 18:21:07 PST 2006


See http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=108030

Regards, Rob.

On 1 Dec 2006, at 13:27, Giovanni Cutolo wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a G3 iBook with MacOSX 10.4 whose video board is as good as  
> dead. So, there is no way to use a monitor (built-in or external)  
> with it.  What I would like to do is to use the iBook remotely from  
> another computer in my LAN.  The only problem, I suppose, is that  
> remote desktop (as well as remote ssh login) were disabled when the  
> iBook crashed.
> I am able to switch the iBook on, log in and open the terminal,  
> where I can effectively issue commands. (I am sure that this is  
> working:   I can see the iBook hard disk from remote, so I can test  
> that commands like creating a file do actually work.)    Does  
> anybody know what is the command to activate remote desktop or  
> remote (ssh) login from the terminal?  I suppose some defaults xxxx  
> would do, but I would like to know before going to the try -with- 
> finger-crossed stage.
>
> Thanks a lot in advance.
>
> Giovanni Cutolo



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