Activate SSH server on macOS

• Enable: sudo systemsetup -setremotelogin on
• Disable: sudo systemsetup -setremotelogin off
• Status: sudo systemsetup -getremotelogin

setremotelogin: Turning Remote Login on or off requires Full Disk Access privileges.

Disable

sudo systemsetup -setremotelogin off
Do you really want to turn remote login off? If you do, you will lose this connection and can only turn it back on locally at the server (yes/no)?

Related commands

• sudo launchctl stop com.openssh.sshd
• sudo launchctl start

See also

• launchctl, launchctl unload, launchctl load, launchctl list, launchctl start, launchctl stop, /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/, launchctl stop com.openssh.sshd, launchctl bootout, /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ssh.plist
• sshd, sshd logs, sshd -t, sshd -T, sshd_config, sftp

http://osxdaily.com/2016/08/16/enable-ssh-mac-command-line/