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Ask HN: Best way to do remote access from a Mac to an Ubuntu home server?

1 points by dchuk ↗ HN
Not much more to say than the above. All of my personal machines are macs (or iOS/iPad) but I run an Ubuntu home server on a NUC as both a media server and just a general way to tinker.

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mixmastamyk 

    sudo apt install openssh-server
Use ssh-keygen and ssh-copy-id from client to put your public key on the server to avoid having to type a password all the time. Disable passwords in /etc/ssh/sshd_config for convenient security.

Look into forwarding X Windows or perhaps easier VNC if a GUI is needed/desired.