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AnyDesk - How Enable Remote Access from ubuntu/debian terminal

###AnyDesk - How Enable Remote Access from ubuntu/debian terminal.

Note:

Here are the commands might be usefull in this purpose:

  • anydesk --get-status : To get current status of anydesk, which might be offlien,online or nothing.
  • anydesk --get-id : To get the ID that your system can be accessed by.
  • anydesk --service : To start anydesk service if not already running (for Linux).
  • anydesk --restart-service : To restart anydesk service
  • anydesk --stop-service : To stop anydesk service
  • sudo echo qazwsxedc | anydesk --set-password : to set password on anydesk (required to access from a remote system).

In case that your target machine is a kind of a Ubuntu or a Debian based one:

  1. echo -e "ad.security.allow_logon_token=true\nad.features.unattended=true" >> ~/.anydesk/user.conf
  2. sudo echo [your-custom-password] | anydesk --set-password
  3. sudo sed -i '' -e 's/# AutomaticLogin/AutomaticLogin/g' -e 's/#WaylandEnable/WaylandEnable/g' /etc/gdm3/custom.conf
  4. sudo reboot
  5. Drink your coffee, and wait until your system becomes up and accessible via ssh or terminal.
  6. Run anydesk --get-status , if its not online then run anydesk --service.
  7. Run anydesk --get-id && echo to get your desk id.
  8. Use your desk id in your Anydesk client, to access the remote system.

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