XRDP

Remote Desktop xrdp and vnc4session

SETUP with xrdp and vnc4session

1) install xrdp $ sudo apt-get xrdp 2) install a linux desktop environment sudo apt-get install xfce4 and sudo apt-get install vnc4server 3) restart xrdp session sudo /etc/init.d/xrdp restart - to view current session systemctl status xrdp - to start session sudo service xrdp start - to stop session sudo service xrdp stop 4) to get ip address of machine to connect to ip addr or ip a 5) create .xsession in root directory. This creates the desktop environment to open echo "xfce4-session" > ~/.xsession or echo "cinnamon-session" > ~/.xsession - The `xfce4-session and cinnamon-session are names of executable application files that can be found at usr/bin

Note: xrdp settings can be found here: etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini

https://code.luasoftware.com/tutorials/linux/lubuntu-setup-remote-desktop-with-xrdp/

Ports

sudo ufw reset

configure xrdp for multiple sessions:

askubuntu - how-do-i-set-up-xrdp-session-that-reuses-an-existing-session
allow rdp port sudo ufw allow 3389 to reset when not needed sudo ufw reset

.profile for shell sessions becuause android studeio is blank:

$ echo export _JAVA_AWT_WM_NONREPARENTING=1 >> ~/.profile

Remote Desktop Sessions

Install xrdp on devices: $ sudo apt-get install xrdp

Create user session files: nano ~./xsession

Add to session xfxe4-session

Start server sudo service xrdp start

Get your username on the server using whoami (stephenn)

get the ip address of the server ip -a

1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: enp24s0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:d8:61:59:88:db brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
3: wlo1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether a4:c3:f0:c9:ca:ed brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 10.0.0.25/24 brd 10.0.0.255 scope global dynamic noprefixroute wlo1
       valid_lft 593237sec preferred_lft 593237sec
    inet6 2601:140:8780:a1f::e06/128 scope global dynamic noprefixroute 
       valid_lft 593239sec preferred_lft 593239sec
    inet6 2601:140:8780:a1f:919:a824:3597:e832/64 scope global temporary dynamic 
       valid_lft 260883sec preferred_lft 74446sec
    inet6 2601:140:8780:a1f:fba9:a789:a3ea:4e7b/64 scope global dynamic mngtmpaddr noprefixroute 
       valid_lft 260883sec preferred_lft 260883sec
    inet6 fe80::8a4a:b57e:149d:add6/64 scope link noprefixroute 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

This is the ip address for the server (10.0.0.25)

net 10.0.0.25/24 brd 10.0.0.255 scope global dynamic

Linux: rdesktop is used on linux client that will be accessing the server Windows: use the windows remote desktop protocal

Get xrdp status

systemctl status xrdp