VNC LINUX MAC OS X PRO
VNC LINUX MAC OS X PASSWORD

It has been a while since I had to connect to my other Linux system with VNC so I forget whether it used the username & password or just the VNC password. I know connecting to another Linux system over VNC allows you to manually select a different 'screen' if you start the VNCserver to create a new 'screen'. I'm thinking the same thing as I have uses Tiger or Tight VNC (forget which) although the VNC client utility interface appears to have options for using the user name & password feature. This is perhaps some of the trouble the OP is having as well. As soon as I enabled the VNC password on the Mac, I could connect. I wasn't sure I was issuing the command correctly since the Linux VNC client documentation is a bit confusing (had trouble incorporating the ssh portion into one VNC command as well). I didn't try to troubleshoot it too long, but I was never able to get the VNC client to connect to the Mac using a user name & password.

I had trouble connecting to my Mac using a Linux VNC client without enabling the VNC password. Once you are connected to a username & password macOS account, then keeping the virtual desktop separate from the user physically controlling the screen should all be macOS, and that has been available for years, and is well debugged software. I'm guessing many just use the VNC password, and not a username & password, but I hope more than just RealVNC offer username & password support (I could be wrong). Knowing the Open Source world, there are most likely a lot. I could not get TigerVNC to use the macOS username & password, so I assumed TigerVNC only works with the VNC password and controls the physical screens.Īs I said, I am not familiar with Linux as a workstation, so I do not know what VNC clients are available. That way there can be no confusion about how you are connecting to the Mac. NOTE: It is necessary to NOT use the VNC password, but rather use a separate macOS username & password account.Īctually, I would suggest disabling the VNC password, so it cannot be used.

I have experimented with RealVNC Viewer on 1 Mac and logged into a separate account that did not interact with the normal account controlling the physical screens. See does not have control of the physical screen, just a virtual screen. My Wife actually uses TurboTax on my personal Mac via Screen Sharing from her Mac. I have frequently used a Mac to connect to a separate account on another Mac while the user of that Mac has control of the screen, and there is never any interaction. I do not use Linux as a workstation, so I cannot test what you are doing. And would never recommend such a solution for a client. And maybe ours, but it would require sharing log-in passwords, which I do not like at all. It may be a not-very-good work-around for some situations. I will post more details, and the results of testing with realvnc server installed.īut this still does not work correctly. So now the only option is *nix, that I know of.

VNC LINUX MAC OS X PRO

The most disappointing thing about this, is that there are a number of situations for clients, where a Mac mini or Mac pro could prove to be a solution if multiple users could use the computer, without seeing each other's screens. I will try with realvnc server installed on the mac mini and see if that is a solution. But sooner or later, both end up sharing the same screen, unless perhaps being very careful. This seems to only work if someone is on the physical screen and is busy, then the second user can connect with VNC. We need to be able to independently log in and out, without seeing each others' screens. The point is I need to be able to connect, disconnect, and reconnect without any interaction from a user on the physical screen. I had this situation before using tigervnc viewer and just the main screen sharing password. Anything I do, even reconnecting with my username and password, I am still on the physical screen too.

But there is no way for me to get back to using VNC only. I went to test if I could switch to my screen on the computer, which I could. So I am waiting for my friend to get back so I can test further. This is still sharing one screen, just sometimes two.

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