…Since this computer's a server, it's not likely that it's going to have a display,…a mouse and a keyboard attached to it at all times.…So what happens then, if we need to use the desktop environment?…For that, I'll install software called VNC, or Virtual Network Computing.…I'll write sudo yum install tigervnc-server.…Since VNC the network service, we need to tell the firewall. Start a SSH tunnel from your Linux box to the target: $ ssh -L 5901::5900 This forwards all traffic arriving at port 5901 of your Linux desktop to port 5900 on (where Apple Remote Desktop should be listening). Install and configure Apple Remote Desktop on the target Mac as display '0' (which corresponds to port 5900). This manual page documents version 4 for the X window system. Tigervnc Viewer It allows creation of an Xorg server not tied to a physical console and also provides a client for viewing of the remote graphical desktop.
