AnyDesk - How Enable Remote Access from ubuntu/debian terminal

anydesk-enable-remote-access.md

###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).

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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.

Github: github.com/imami , Twitter: @e_imami

sudo echo [my-password] | sudo anydesk --set-password

If you set a weak password, the command will not work. Suggested Password Eg: GitHub@2023

Reference: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/552742/how-to-enable-unattended-access-in-anydesk-debian-10-openbox-lightdm

This worked for me on Ubuntu 20

Thank you i've been stuck on this issue for 3 hours...
It was only a too weak password, and no warning given by the anydesk cli.
Thanks!