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configures then activates gnome-remote-desktop from the command line
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#!/usr/bin/env bash | |
# run this on the remote terminal machine, as auser with sudo powers, probably through a remote ssh shell | |
# this will overwrite all the settings it touches | |
# the name of the user to run these commands as | |
TARGET_USER=jane | |
# we need an inlocked desktop session. we can either start a new autologin one or unlock an existing one | |
echo -e "[daemon]\nAutomaticLogin=${TARGET_USER}\nAutomaticLoginEnable=true\n" | sudo tee /run/gdm/custom.conf | |
sudo systemctl restart gdm | |
#sudo loginctl unlock-sessions # unlocks all existing sessions | |
# print the session type | |
busctl get-property org.freedesktop.Accounts /org/freedesktop/Accounts/User$(id -u) org.freedesktop.Accounts.User Session | |
# the password for that target user (needed to unlock their keyring) | |
TUP="target user password" | |
# password to use for VNC server | |
VNC_PASS="welcome to narnia" | |
# TODO: unlock the keyring (probably by first killing it and then re-launching it like PAM would) | |
#killall gnome-keyring-daemon | |
#echo -n ${TUP} | gnome-keyring-daemon --daemonize --login | |
# write vnc password to the keychain | |
sudo -i -u ${TARGET_USER} VNC_PASS="${VNC_PASS}" DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS="unix:path=/run/user/$(id -u ${TARGET_USER})/bus" bash -c 'echo -n ${VNC_PASS} | secret-tool store --label "GRD VNC pass" xdg:schema org.gnome.RemoteDesktop.VncPassword' | |
# or if you want you can print the existing password with | |
# secret-tool lookup xdg:schema org.gnome.RemoteDesktop.VncPassword | |
# allow screen control | |
sudo -i -u ${TARGET_USER} DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS="unix:path=/run/user/$(id -u ${TARGET_USER})/bus" bash -c 'gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.remote-desktop.vnc view-only false' | |
# use password authentication | |
sudo -i -u ${TARGET_USER} DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS="unix:path=/run/user/$(id -u ${TARGET_USER})/bus" bash -c 'gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.remote-desktop.vnc auth-method password' | |
# let's also setup RDP creds just for fun | |
RDP_USER="john" | |
RDP_PASS="welcome to narnia" | |
RDP_CREDS="{\"password\": \"${RDP_PASS}\", \"username\": \"${RDP_USER}\"}" | |
TLS_STORE=/var/tmp/rdptls | |
mkdir -p ${TLS_STORE} | |
# generate the TLS things for the RDP server | |
winpr-makecert -rdp -path ${TLS_STORE} > /dev/null | |
# write RDP credentials to the keychain | |
sudo -i -u ${TARGET_USER} RDP_CREDS="${RDP_CREDS}" DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS="unix:path=/run/user/$(id -u ${TARGET_USER})/bus" bash -c 'echo -n ${RDP_CREDS} | secret-tool store --label "GRD RDP creds" xdg:schema org.gnome.RemoteDesktop.RdpCredentials' | |
# set RDP tls certificate path | |
sudo -i -u ${TARGET_USER} TLS_CRT="${TLS_STORE}/$(hostname --fqdn).crt" DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS="unix:path=/run/user/$(id -u ${TARGET_USER})/bus" bash -c 'gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.remote-desktop.rdp tls-cert "${TLS_CRT}"' | |
# set RDP tls private key path | |
sudo -i -u ${TARGET_USER} TLS_KEY="${TLS_STORE}/$(hostname --fqdn).key" DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS="unix:path=/run/user/$(id -u ${TARGET_USER})/bus" bash -c 'gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.remote-desktop.rdp tls-key "${TLS_KEY}"' | |
# allow RDP remote control | |
sudo -i -u ${TARGET_USER} DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS="unix:path=/run/user/$(id -u ${TARGET_USER})/bus" bash -c 'gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.remote-desktop.rdp view-only false' | |
# now launch the server (needs to be run as the ${TARGET_USER}, haven't figured out how to fool pipewire yet) | |
/usr/lib/gnome-remote-desktop-daemon | |
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Thank you so much. I have try. It is work.