To work around authentication issues like 'Unknown authentication scheme' or such, it may help to enter this in Terminal (or over SSH): Xvnc4viewer: only with - FullColour, but very slow: xvnc4viewer -FullColour macserver Gnome-rdp: with xtightvncviewer installed and set as default vncviewer (run sudo update-alternatives -set vncviewer /usr/bin/xtightvncviewer in terminal) VirtualBox) running on the remote host can capture keyboard and thus make entering the credetials impossible. Xtightvncviewer: asks two times for authentization – first time in local terminal, the second one is on remote OS X login screen some special applications (e.g. Your Mac's desktop should appear on your screen. IMPORTANT: Set Color depth to High color (15 bit) or better, otherwise connection will failĬlick Connect (or Save to reuse it later) Optionally fill both User name and Password to make Remmina remember Your credentials Select VNC - Virtual Network Computing as Protocolįill Server field with either IP address or hostname of the Mac Open System Preferences (it's in the Apple menu)Ĭheck the box VNC viewers may control screen with password, and enter a password.Setting up the Mac to be Accessed Remotely

Ubuntu can control an OS X machine remotely, using the default Remmina Remote Desktop Client application.

Run once on the Mac terminal (open a Terminal command line session on the Mac): defaults write ClientSettings.EnforceCredSSPSupport 0 Do not add sudo or any other text to this command.

Setting up the Mac to be Accessed Remotely Use Microsoft RDP Client for Mac starting from version 10.2.

How to set up rdp on mac