Turn on Back To My Mac via a Script or Command Line
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15-10-2019 - |
Pergunta
The VPN software I use for work (IPSecuritas) requires me to turn off Back To My Mac to start it's connection, so I frequently turn off Back To My Mac in order to use my VPN connection (the program does this for me). I forget to turn it back on however and I'd love to know if there was something I could run (script, command) to turn it back on.
Solução
There is no supported way to do this. Having said that, you can do it using scutil
:
louis@Arios:~$ sudo scutil
> set Setup:/Network/BackToMyMac
> d.add <YYY> <XXX>.members.btmm.icloud.com
> set Setup:/Network/BackToMyMac
> quit
louis@Arios:~$
Replacing <YYY>
with the UID of the user account on the system (for most people with single account that is 501), and <XXX>
with your iCloud account number. If you don't know that you can check your dns-sd registrations:
louis@Arios:~$ dns-sd -E
Looking for recommended registration domains:
DATE: ---Wed 22 Aug 2012---
9:11:04.789 ...STARTING...
Timestamp Recommended Registration domain
9:11:04.789 Added (More) local
9:11:04.789 Added icloud.com
- > btmm
- - > members
- - - > <XXX>
The last line will list your iCloud user number. I think they are all 8 digit numbers, at least mine is.