Enable Remote Login While Flying Blind
2006-11-27 05:58PM PST/Home
Recently I was asked how to enable remote login on an ibook that had a busted screen, but was otherwise still useable. This was the answer that I gave, and I think it should work ... boot the machine in Firewire mode (hold down 't' for target mode while it boots) then plug it in as an external drive to another Mac. What we're after is making a small change to the ssh.plist file in: /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ssh.plist
Remove these two lines:
<key>Disabled</key> <true/>
Reboot the box to get out of Firewire mode, plug in the network and you should be able to log in via ssh.