macosremote desktopssh
I am trying to enable VNC (Screen Sharing) on my Mac running OS X Yosemite
I have been able to run this command sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.screensharing.plist (source) to turn VNC on.
The only issue running this command is, it sets a password automatically, in which I do not know what it is, I have to fix it by logging in physically to the computer.
Is there a way how I can enable VNC via SSH and setting the password as the users password?
I'm not sure if this will work, but, it's worth a shot...
What is you create an Automator script to take a screen capture, and then run that using the terminal?
Similar to what is described in this TUAW article, however, without the part that mails the screen capture to you.
Save the Automator script as an application, SSH in, and run open /path/to/the/automator.app
Go to System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Firewall -> Firewall Options and remove anything in the list box lower section that has to do with screen sharing. You can remove an item by highlighting it then clicking the minus button below the list. Click Ok.
Next go to System Preferences -> Sharing and uncheck Screen Sharing.
Reboot. I don't know why this is needed and I hate that it is, but it didn't work for me to do this without a reboot.
Then go back to System Preferences -> Sharing and recheck Screen Sharing.
Best Answer
If you need to set a VNC password - you might need to also kickstart the ARDAgent, you can use this command instead of just loading the plist:
The analogous command for using user/password of existing users would be:
More detail and discussion at:
How to enable OS X screen sharing (VNC) through SSH?