activating screen sharing remotely

There is a computer I don't have immediate access to that I cannot screenshare with it. I have an account on the computer and have screenshared before with it.

I believe some setting has been changed to deactivate screensharing.

Is there a way to activate screensharing through ssh?

My computer is OS 10.6.8. I'm not sure what the other one is but probably the same.

Solution 1:

To enable remote management (including screensharing), issue the following command over ssh:

Note: This command sets your vnc password to 'mypasswd' as set by the -vncpw flag in the command, you should change this.

sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart -activate -configure -access -on -clientopts -setvnclegacy -vnclegacy yes -clientopts -setvncpw -vncpw mypasswd -restart -agent -privs -all

To disable the remote management, issue the following command over ssh:

sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart -deactivate -configure -access -off