Tag: xrdp

  • Install MATE desktop with xrdp on Ubuntu Server

    Install MATE desktop with xrdp on Ubuntu Server

    Login to ubuntu server using SSH and run the following command to install MATE desktop environment

    apt install ubuntu-mate-desktop

    Create a normal user. We will use this user to login to XRDP desktop.

    useradd -m -s /bin/bash desktop

    You can change user name “desktop” to any other username you need. Make the user super user

    usermod -aG sudo desktop

    Switch to desktop user

    su - desktop

    Create .xsession file

    echo "mate-session" > ~/.xsession

    Exit back to user root

    exit

    Install xrdp package

    apt install xrdp

    Create file

    vi /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/45-allow-colord.pkla

    with following content

    [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

    systemctl restart xrdp

    Now you should be able to connect to remote ubuntu server using RDP.

    back to xrdp

  • xrdp

    xrdp allow you to connect to Linux Desktop using Windows Remote Desktop.

    First you need to install desktop environment. Installing something light weight like XFCE is better if you are using a remote server.

    apt-get install xfce4

    This will download approx 500 MB of files and install on Ubuntu 16.04.

    Next install xrdp

    apt-get install xrdp

    You need to open port 3389 in firewall.

    Some of the configuration files are

    /etc/default/xrdp
/etc/xrdp/startwm.sh
/etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini