Hello,
I'm attempting to automate the process to build images for use on other
machines.
first enable gsettings
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.remote-desktop.rdp enable true
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.remote-desktop.rdp screen-share-mode
mirror-primary
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.remote-desktop.rdp view-only false
then create a Default_keyring.keyring
create_default_keyring() {
# Define the path for the keyring
local keyring_path="$HOME/.local/share/keyrings/Default_keyring.keyring"
# Create the directory if it doesn't exist
mkdir -p "$HOME/.local/share/keyrings/"
# Write the content to the keyring file
cat <<EOL > "$keyring_path"
[keyring]
display-name=Default keyring
ctime=1723570530
mtime=0
lock-on-idle=false
lock-after=false
[1]
item-type=0
display-name=GNOME Remote Desktop RDP credentials
secret={'username': <''>, 'password': <''>}
mtime=1723570630
ctime=1723570530
[1:attribute0]
name=xdg:schema
type=string
value=org.gnome.RemoteDesktop.RdpCredentials
EOL
# Set the permissions to rw------- (600)
chmod 600 "$keyring_path"
echo "Default_keyring.keyring has been created at $keyring_path with
permissions 600"
}
then create the other default file
create_default_link() {
# Define the path for the default file
local default_path="$HOME/.local/share/keyrings/default"
# Create the directory if it doesn't exist
mkdir -p "$HOME/.local/share/keyrings/"
# Write the content to the default file
echo "Default_keyring" > "$default_path"
# Set the permissions to rw-rw-r-- (664)
chmod 664 "$default_path"
echo "Default file has been created at $default_path with permissions 664"
}
But I still must open the GUI > settings > system > remote desktop, do nothing,
and close it. Then the machine will accept RDP with the username password set
above.
I can also use grdctl and toggle the password, but still must open the
GUI menu once.
# Function to clear and set RDP credentials
set_rdp_credentials() {
local username="$1"
local password="$2"
# Logging utility
log() {
echo "$1"
}
# Clear existing RDP credentials
log "Clearing existing RDP credentials..."
grdctl rdp clear-credentials
log "RDP credentials cleared."
# Set new RDP credentials
log "Setting new RDP credentials for user '$username'..."
grdctl rdp set-credentials "$username" "$password"
log "RDP credentials set for user '$username'."
}
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2064647
Title:
Documentation for how to enable gnome-remote-desktop on a completly
headless system
Status in gnome-remote-desktop package in Ubuntu:
Triaged
Bug description:
Asked to create a new bug from
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-remote-
desktop/+bug/2063333
I am on a completely headless system starting from a minimal ubuntu-server
24.04 installation.
I have installed the desktop using apt install ubuntu-desktop
I want to use the new gnome-remote-desktop so that I can create a
developer machine in a VM environment that can be accessed through a
thin client as an example using Microsoft RDP
I suspect there is some missing documentation.
Starting the service using systemctl start gnome-remote-
desktop.service
results in:
journalctl -xeu gnome-remote-desktop.service
Apr 30 10:16:39 localhost systemd[1]: Starting gnome-remote-desktop.service -
GNOME Remote Desktop...
░░ Subject: A start job for unit gnome-remote-desktop.service has begun
execution
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support
░░
░░ A start job for unit gnome-remote-desktop.service has begun execution.
░░
░░ The job identifier is 2929.
Apr 30 10:16:39 localhost (p-daemon)[1613]: gnome-remote-desktop.service:
Failed to determine user credentials: No such process
Apr 30 10:16:39 localhost systemd[1]: gnome-remote-desktop.service: Main
process exited, code=exited, status=217/USER
░░ Subject: Unit process exited
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support
░░
░░ An ExecStart= process belonging to unit gnome-remote-desktop.service has
exited.
░░
░░ The process' exit code is 'exited' and its exit status is 217.
Running sudo systemd-sysusers does create some new users, restarting the
remote desktop now gives:
May 02 14:27:47 localhost gnome-remote-de[36906]: Init TPM credentials failed
because No TPM device found, using GKeyFile as fallback
May 02 14:27:47 localhost gnome-remote-de[36906]: Init file credentials
failed: Error creating directory /var/lib/gnome-remote-desktop: Permission
denied
May 02 14:27:47 localhost gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[36906]: **
May 02 14:27:47 localhost gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[36906]:
ERROR:../src/grd-settings.c:345:grd_settings_constructed: assertion failed:
(priv->credentials)
May 02 14:27:47 localhost gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[36906]: Bail out!
ERROR:../src/grd-settings.c:345:grd_settings_constructed: assertion failed:
(priv->credentials)
May 02 14:27:47 localhost systemd[1]: gnome-remote-desktop.service: Main
process exited, code=dumped, status=6/ABRT
As a headless system I can not use any UI controls so I suspect there
is some command / config that needs to to be set before launching rdp
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