Screen sharing and remote management no longer working after some uptime

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seduc Author

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Screen sharing and remote management no longer working after some uptime

Server is withoiut monitor.
Users need to login via screen sharing from time to time.
"Enable screen sharing and remote management" is ticked in Server.app everything is working fine (for days, weeks).
ARD reports "Screen Sharing Available", so remote management is not running how it should.
Screen Sharing.app is "Connecting…" forever.
Kickstarting ARD (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2370) does not help.
Restart fixes it.

Is there a workaround (over ssh) or a fix?

Mac mini, OS X Server, Mavericks

Posted on Nov 30, 2013 8:59 AM

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Answer 1

Nov 30, 2013 10:49 AM in response to seduc

Here are some ways to resetting screen sharing from the command line.

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Answer 2

seduc Author

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Nov 30, 2013 11:00 AM in response to MrHoffman

Reloading the launch daemon doesn't help.

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Answer 3

Nov 30, 2013 11:30 AM in response to seduc

If there's nothing obvious nor reparable that's causing Screen Sharing to fail and if restarting the daemon doesn't work, then you're probably left to reboot.

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