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Asked: 2019-11-08 10:09:48 +0800 CST

How to connect remotely to the Ubuntu CLI from a Mac?

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I have a mac and I want to access my ubuntu Desktop's hardware remotely from anywhere to run some programs. I am aware of apps like teamviewer however I am only interested in using Ubuntu's terminal from my own mac terminal to run those programs without using the other GUI elements of my desktop OS. I was wondering if it is possible, if so how?

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    You can connect to your machine through SSH. Here is a tutorial on how to do it. In summary:

    1. Open MAC terminal and type:

    ssh {your ubuntu user}@{your ubuntu IP}

    1. It will prompt for a password, type your Ubuntu's user password.
    2. If all went ok, the prompt you have is now your ubuntu prompt.

    Remember you need to have an ssh server listening on your Ubuntu machine.

    Take in account that if what you want to do is run X applications in your MAC (i.e. run an application that has windows) you will need to connect your X server from your Ubuntu machine to your Mac. Here is another tutorial for that.

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