Alternatively: things will be more secure when enabling SSH through Sharing » Remote Login, and use a tunnel to connect to the Mac. Setting "Open new window" to "true", and "Scaling factor" to "auto" seems nice, but note that the new window will close if the (unused) parent browser window is closed.)Įnable both Screen Sharing and Web Sharing through System Preferences » Sharing (and check that above-mentioned "VNC viewers may control screen with password " is set).Įnsure ports are allowed in your firewall, and maybe even set up some port mapping in a router. (Optionally also change the dimensions and other parameters. In Terminal, to host the applet from a new folder "vnc":Įdit vnc/index.html to add classes/ in ARCHIVE="classes/VncViewer.jar", and to change the port from 5901 to 5900. But if you don't mind running both Screen Sharing and Web Sharing on the Mac that you want to access, then:
But even when that is fixed one cannot easily use a browser to connect to just any remote computer, as Java by default would only be allowed to connect to the host from which the applet was downloaded. To use it from a browser: its index.html file is just an example. java VncViewer HOST name_or_ip_of_your_mac.I tested the "Binary *.class and JAR files" package from TightVNC. To allow for that to connect to your Mac, in System Preferences » Sharing, click button "Computer Settings" and enable "VNC viewers may control screen with password ".Īs an aside: one can also use a Java viewer. Normal VNC clients only support a password, not a username.
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