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Configure SSH and X11 forwarding (my original post used a Windows client and public/private keys but the principles are similar вЂ“ this time I used password authentication, making sure that the PasswordAuthentication yes and X11Forwarding yes lines were present in /etc/ssh/sshd_config and restarting the SSH daemon with service sshd restart).

Nevertheless, it got me 90% of the way there:

Run vmware on mac how to#

Anyway, IвЂ™m a (pseudo-)geek and so I need to feed on problems like this from time to time!ДЄctually, much of the hard work has already been done for me вЂ“ googling for vmware console mac soon turns up Rui CarmoвЂ™s article at The Tao of Mac on how to run remotely with AppleвЂ™s X11 however RuiвЂ™s article was written a while ago now and my VMware Server (v1.0.1-build 29996) installation on Fedora Core 5 doesnвЂ™t use the command vmware-console вЂ“ instead I have to use vmware. Similarly RDP is an option, but I find it to be a bit flaky on an Intel Mac. Yes, I know that if I used Microsoft Virtual Server I could run it in a browser, but IвЂ™d need ActiveX and IвЂ™m not using Internet Explorer. The virtual machine would still be limited to 1024Г—768 but I could access corporate applications in the VMware Server Console and do the big screen stuff (web, e-mail, document edits, etc.) natively on the Mac, using the whole display. As I virtualised my corporate Windows XP build a while back, I thought it would be great if, when IвЂ™m working at home, I could run the Linux VMware Server Console on my Mac (which is connected to the large display). Working with all that screen space is fantastic (especially with 4 virtual desktops), except that IвЂ™ve got so used to it that the standard 1024Г—768 pixels on the notebook PC that I use for work seems too small and an upgrade is out of the question as the PC is only 18 months old.ДЇor a while now, IвЂ™ve been running the notebook on the desk next to my main display but IвЂ™m running out of desk space. Last year, I bought a 20вЂі wide-screen monitor which I run at a resolution of 1680Г—1050 pixels. Please be warned that the information here may be out of date.

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I don't routinely update old blog posts as they are only intended to represent a view at a particular point in time.