Connecting to the Mac OS X VNC Server
To connect to a Mac OS X machine that is running a VNC server, you need to install a VNC viewer. We mentioned two Mac OS X viewers (VNCDimension and Chicken of the VNC) earlier, and additional Mac OS X viewers can be found on Version Tracker or MacUpdate (http://www.versiontracker.com/macosx/ or http://www.macupdate.com) by searching for “VNC”. VNC or TightVNC provide viewers for Unix systems . These viewers can be used to display and control the Mac OS X client machines.
To connect, start your viewer and specify the hostname and display number, such as chops:1 or chops:2. If all goes well, you’ll be asked for your password and then be connected to the remote Mac OS X desktop. VNC connections to Mac OS X Aqua desktops can be established through SSH tunnels.
To illustrate this process, let’s do the reverse of what we did in our last example; let’s make an SSH-secured connection from a Solaris machine to the Mac OS X machine running the VNC server. Again, let’s assume that the name of the Solaris machine is mrchops and the Mac OS X machine has a hostname of alchops.
On alchops, double-click the OSXvnc application. Select a display number (we’ve selected 1 in this example). The port number will be filled in automatically once you’ve selected the display number. Next, enter a password that will be used to connect to the VNC server and click the Start Server button. This step is illustrated in Figure 12-9.
You can also ssh to alchops and start OSXvnc ...
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