March 4, 2010

Setup Ubuntu to be a remote desktop server

http://ubuntuwiki.net/index.php/Xrdp,_installing

1. sudo apt-get install xrdp

2. run as your user (not root) this:
"vncserver :1

3. vi /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini and make sure you have this section. You can have one session for each user.

[xrdp1]
name=Your Name
lib=libvnc.so
username=na
password=ask
ip=127.0.0.1
port=5901

4. comment any line about twm or xterm and add this line to your local ~/.vnc/xstartup file:
#vncconfig -iconic &
#xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
#twm &
/etc/X11/Xsession

5. restart xrdp sevice: /etc/initrd/xrdp restart

6. vi /etc/rc.local to add this line for each user (vncserver :number should be different for each user):
su USER1 -c "cd && vncserver :1"
su USER2 -c "cd && vncserver :2"



done




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