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Hi I am trying to access my school Linux system remotely. I have downloaded Putty and now get a terminal where I can type command and run the scripts (remotely) that already exists in my school Linux system.

But I cannot see the Ubuntu interface. So, I cannot see the output files from the scripts. Also cannot create new scripts.

Is there anyway that I can remotely access and see Ubunta interface (same as when I remotely access to Window system)? thanks.

mee mee
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xRDP An open source remote desktop protocol(rdp) server.

Based on the work of FreeRDP and rdesktop, xrdp uses the remote desktop protocol to present a GUI to the user.

This worked for me with following Steps !

Step 1 – Install xRDP

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xrdp

Step 2 – Install XFCE4

sudo apt-get install xfce4

Optional, recommended by Neal, install XFCE4 terminal and 2 icons sets:

# Install XFCE4 terminal (way better than xterm)
sudo apt-get install xfce4-terminal

# Install icon sets
sudo apt-get install gnome-icon-theme-full tango-icon-theme

Step 3 – Configure xRDP

In this step we modify 2 files to make sure xRDP uses xfce4. First we need to create or edit our .xsession file in our home directory. We can either use nano or simply redirect an echo statement (easier):

 echo xfce4-session >~/.xsession

 nano /etc/xrdp/startwm.sh

The content should look like this (pay attention to the last line):

#!/bin/sh

 if [ -r /etc/default/locale ]; then
. /etc/default/locale
export LANG LANGUAGE
fi

startxfce4

Step 4 – Restart xRDP

sudo service xrdp restart

Now you can access your Machine Remotely !

From Windows Machine give try with Win+r and type mstsc:

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Type user name and password :

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Ramesh Chand
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You want to see the gui like via remote desktop protocol, innit?

Multiple solutions would be avaible for this, but no one knows what your School's admins have installed nor allowed you to run...

Learn how to deal with the command line.

Scripts don't need more.. ;)

synthor
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You could install something like VNC on their computer, and use a VNC client on your computer at home. You could also use TeamViewer if you want, but VNC is better and more secure. If you setup a VNC server make sure to set a password on the server. You may need to portfoward with VNC, and probably teamviewer.

Alex
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  • VNC on its own is far from secure, even with a password - if you go that route you should for sure keep the VNC port closed and tunnel the VNC traffic over an SSH connection. – steeldriver Feb 09 '16 at 23:29
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X2go works brilliantly for me. I can even start long-running processes remotely, then close everything on my local machine, start up x2go again the next day to check on them, and things are still humming along.

mightypile
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