OS X Screen Sharing over SSH

I recently set up a Mac Mini at home, and have found using Screen Sharing to access it invaluable. Not wanting to open up anything other than SSH on my home router, I created the following script to open up a Screen Sharing session over SSH:

	#!/bin/sh
	# port you have open on your home router to forward ssh
	SSH_PORT=22022
	# set up dynamic dns if you don't have a static ip
	HOST=your.home.ip
	# OSX Screen Sharing will complain if you try to connect to the standard
	# VNC ports (5900+) on localhost, so pick another available port
	LOCAL_PORT=1202
	ssh -p $SSH_PORT $HOST -L $LOCAL_PORT:localhost:5900 -f -N
	open "vnc://localhost:$LOCAL_PORT"

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