Installation manual

Designate a Custom VNC Display Number
To designate a display to control:
1 Add a custom port number, as described above.
2 Use the display number for the last number in the screen sharing port designation
(display designations start at 0 for the default primary display).
For example, if you want to control the default display on a VNC server (vncserver.
example.com) that is listening on TCP port 5900, you set the screen sharing port to
5900. If you want to control the second display, set the screen sharing port to 5901.
If you want to control the third display, set the screen sharing port to 5902.
Conguring an Apple Remote Desktop Client to be Controlled by a
VNC Viewer
You can congure an Apple Remote Desktop client to be controlled with a non–Apple
VNC viewer.
Allowing a non–Apple VNC viewer access to an Apple Remote Desktop client is less
secure than using Remote Desktop to control the client. The non–Apple VNC software
expects the password to be stored in a cryptographically unsecured form and location.
To congure a client to accept VNC connections
1 On the client computer, open System Preferences.
2 Click Sharing, select Remote Management, and then click Computer Settings.
If the client computer is running Mac OS X version 10.4 or earlier, congure VNC by
selecting Apple Remote Desktop in the Sharing pane and clicking Access Privileges.
3 Select “VNC viewers may control screen with the password.”
4 Enter a VNC password.
5 Click OK.
WARNING: Do not use the same password as any user or Apple Remote Desktop
administrator. The password may not be secure.
Observing
You may not want to control a computer, but merely monitor what is on its screen.
Observing a remote computer is similar to controlling one, except your mouse
movements and keyboard input aren’t sent to the remote computer. Apple Remote
Desktop client computers can be observed on any administrator computer that has
the “Observe” permission set. For more information about Apple Remote Desktop
permissions, see “Apple Remote Desktop Administrator Access” on page 66.
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