Delete screen sharing passwords

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Delete screen sharing passwords

My friend connected to her mac over the screen sharing feature in finder because we were in another room. Now Finder saved the password that allows me to screen share her mac at any time. I dont want this to happen, so how i do empty out this saved password?

Black Macbook Core2 Duo 2.4Ghz, Mac OS X (10.5.4)

Posted on Nov 27, 2008 8:29 AM

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Answer 1

Jane Knox

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Nov 27, 2008 10:05 AM in response to podsorcerer

Open Keychain Access and look for the name of your friends Mac. Delete that Keychain Entry.

And. by the way, she may want to turn off screen sharing and other sharing options to prevent unauthorized entry.

Hope the helps. 😉

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Answer 2

podsorcerer Author

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Nov 27, 2008 10:17 AM in response to Jane Knox

so that should work, except that there is no entry in the keychain access. I even tried creating one and then deleting it, but whenever the mac is clicked on in the finder sidebar, and then you click share screen, i can still start the screensharing without need of a password

interestingly enough, whenever i click on the computer in the sidebar, it comes up as connected as: the persons name, not as guest like it should, this is confusing becuase there is nothing in the keychain at all

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Answer 3

podsorcerer Author

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Nov 27, 2008 5:36 PM in response to podsorcerer

issue solved by turning off all sharing on both computers, rebooting and then reenabling sharing

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