The ‘Remote Login’ feature in OS X helps in enabling SSH and SFTP server. On activating the SSH server, your OS X will be able to accept incoming SSH connections. This functionality allows remote Mac users to connect to your Mac. Here’s a look at how to enable ‘Remote Login’ in Mac OS X:
Step 1
Click ‘Sharing’
Look for and click ‘Sharing’ in ‘System Preferences’ of your OS X. It will open up a box that displays a list of services on the left, and their status, that is, whether the service is enabled and disabled, on the right.
Step 2
Select ‘Remote Login’
Look for ‘Remote Login’ from the list of services, and select the checkbox to the left of it. Consequently, in the right, the button to the left of ‘Remote Login’ turns green. It indicates that the ‘Remote Login’ service is enabled.
Step 3
Select ‘Users’
Next, navigate to ‘Allow access for’ and select either ‘All users’ or ‘Only these users’. In case of ‘Only these users’, you can chose the users who can remotely access to your OS X. You can add or remove users using the ‘+’ or ‘-’ respectively.
Step 4
Type ‘Computer Name’
Now, navigate to the top of the box, and enter the ‘Computer Name’, or the name of the local network. The local network name is your computer’s name with the suffix ‘.local’, for instance, in this case, the local name is mmac.local. This makes tracking your OS X much simpler and easier for other users.
This is how you enable Remote Login from System Preferences in Mac OS X.
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