connecting to 10.5 install via SSH and VNC

[Noah Abrahamson]

On Nov 1, 2007, at 8:15 AM, Jason Joines wrote:

> The documentation for 10.5 says you can connect to the running  
> installer via SSH or VNC to continue the installation remotely.  It  
> also says the password is the hardware serial number.  However, it  
> doesn't mention what username to send.  I've tried root and admin  
> but no luck. Anyone know what username to send?


If I remember correctly, it's the actually just the first eight  
characters of the serial number (or, if it's really ancient hardware,  
it's 12345678). Also, try uppercase or lowercase, one of them is  
correct.


Noah


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Noah Abrahamson
Stanford University