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macOS Sierra (and possibly earlier) has some "hidden" screen sharing options:

If you're connecting to VNC using ssh tunneling, you can force macOS to listen only on localhost:

sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.RemoteManagement.plist VNCOnlyLocalConnections -bool yes

In newer versions of macOS, screen sharing will automatically re-lock the screen when you disconnect if it was locked when you first connected. To change this behavior, use:

sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.RemoteManagement RestoreMachineState -bool NO

Thanks to richter and fpescarmona for the settings.

@mahamud03
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Nice

@robderon
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Thank you for this

@MMeffert
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This fixed our issue. Thank you!

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unixvb commented Aug 8, 2023

Thx a lot!

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