I am trying to get SSH/SFTP working on my iMac running Lion so that one of my friends can connect to me remotely. I have managed to get it working using my local user account, but I need to understand how I can add an additional account that my friend could use to SSH into my machine. This is probably really simple, but if someone could point me in the right direction in would be appreciated.
MacOS – Using SSH on an iMac running Lion
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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
Fixed by removing old NetNanny extensions as suggested in https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2296455
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Best Answer
Easiest way in this case is to just
In addition you may want to tighten up your system a bit by preventing SSH logins without keys. Open
/etc/sshd_configin any text editor and setAfterwards restart SSH by disabling and enabling remote login in Preferences.