In some cases, you may want to connect to the Ubuntu desktop via a remote desktop using existing protocols. At this moment, it’s pretty easy. Simply install a few packages and you’re ready to go. Xrdp is an open-source implementation of the Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) that allows you to graphically control a remote computer. It provides a fully functional Linux terminal server, capable of accepting connections from rdesktop, freerdp, and Microsoft’s own terminal server / remote desktop clients. When you’re ready, follow the steps below to get it working.
Install xrdp
Since you already have a desktop environment with Ubuntu Desktop edition, simply run the commands below to Xrdp. To validate that Xrdp is installed, run the commands below: That should display similar text as below:
Connect from Windows 10
Now that the Xrdp server is installed, go and open the Windows Remote Desktop Connection app and connect to the desktop hostname or IP address. Please make out logout off your current Ubuntu desktop sessions. You can’t be logged in to Ubuntu while connecting via Xrdp. When you have logged out of Ubuntu desktop sessions, click Connect to initiate an RDP connection. You’ll be prompted for your Ubuntu login details. Next, type in your Ubuntu machine account username and password and connect using Xorg When your account username and password are confirmed, you should be login to your Ubuntu machine from Windows. That’s it! Connecting to the Ubuntu desktop is easy since it already has a desktop environment.
Connecting to Ubuntu Servers
Since servers generally don’t have a graphical interface, you will need to install a minimal graphical interface for this to work in a server environment. Run the commands below to install some necessary packages. Next, xrdp user to the sss-cert group by running the commands below: That should get Xrdp installed and ready for connection on Ubuntu servers. Since most Ubuntu servers don’t have a firewall enabled out of the box, no need to worry about firewall blocking connections. However, if you have Ubuntu firewall enabled, simply run the commands below to allow RDP traffic. For example, if you’re connecting 192.168.1.0/24 network, then run the commands below: That’s it! Conclusion: This post showed you how to connect via Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) to Ubuntu 20.04 | 18.04 Desktops and Servers. If you find any error above, please use the comment form below to report it. Thanks, You may also like the post below:
