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so what i am looking to do is have one ubuntu server then using xrdp connect multiple users to that one server with there own desktop. I have got it so i can connect via my ubuntu PC via RDP to the server but what i really need is the person to load there PC then it boots up with a login box, they login and that logins them into the server, so no desktop GUI on there PC just a simple login if this makes sense. I have searched high and low but cannot find anything to help me achieve this :(

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  • you want a GUI login but no GUI desktop? Or do you want a text-only way of connecting to the server? or something else? This question is very unclear.
    – Esther
    Jun 21, 2022 at 18:52
  • or do you want the clients to have no desktop on their own devices and rely solely on the server desktop? a thin client?
    – Esther
    Jun 21, 2022 at 18:53
  • Sorry for not wording this well, ive been trying to get my head around it. I need something like this omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/09/… I know this is a old version but the idea is you login via the login screen but that remotes into the external server rather then the desktop on the computer but i cant seem to find any news on how to do it with the latest ubuntu
    – simon
    Jun 22, 2022 at 2:27
  • looks like there is an answer here: Connect to login screen over VNC, and it involves switching back to lightdm as a greeter, which is capable of doing this. For latest Ubuntu you will also need to first switch to Xorg instead of Wayland (since Wayland is now default, and this solution works with x11vnc)
    – Esther
    Jun 22, 2022 at 13:33
  • No i have seen that but it dosent look like its what i need
    – simon
    Jun 22, 2022 at 16:01

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Solved so first login set your self to auto login and load up your server with remmina next quoteing

" Remmina Startup Program Organic Marble

Assuming you have connected to the remote system before, there will be a config file for this connection in ~/.remmina/. The config file will be of the form [numeric string].remmina. If you have several files, I know of no easy way to find the one you want from looking at the file names. However, you can open the files with a text editor until you find the one you want.

Once you know which config file to use [desired-config-file].remmina, the terminal command line to start remmina in that config file is remmina -c [desired-config-file].remmina.

You can simply add this command line to Startup Applications in Ubuntu.

As a commenter said, you don't want this command line to execute until your desktop has started. You may have to add a wait command to achieve that; unfortunately I don't remember how to do that. "

Once you have done that download remmina-plugin-kiosk https://installati.one/ubuntu/22.04/remmina-plugin-kiosk/

When logging in change your GUI to remmina kiosk and bam it now take you to your server login every time :D

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