Install MATE desktop with xrdp on Ubuntu Server
Login to ubuntu server using SSH and run the following command to install MATE desktop environment
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apt install ubuntu-mate-desktop |
Create a normal user. We will use this user to login to XRDP desktop.
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useradd -m -s /bin/bash desktop |
You can change user name “desktop” to any other username you need. Make the user super user
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usermod -aG sudo desktop |
Switch to desktop user
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su - desktop |
Create .xsession file
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echo "mate-session" > ~/.xsession |
Exit back to user root
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exit |
Install xrdp package
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apt install xrdp |
Create file
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vi /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/45-allow-colord.pkla |
with following content
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[Allow Colord all Users] Identity=unix-user:* Action=org.freedesktop.color-manager.create-device;org.freedesktop.color-manager.create-profile;org.freedesktop.color-manager.delete-device;org.freedesktop.color-manager.delete-profile;org.freedesktop.color-manager.modify-device;org.freedesktop.color-manager.modify-profile ResultAny=no ResultInactive=no ResultActive=yes |
Restart xrdp
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systemctl restart xrdp |
Now you should be able to connect to remote ubuntu server using RDP.
back to xrdp