[TriLUG] Remote Desktop Woes

[Dewey Hylton via TriLUG]

that's fantastic - thanks for the cheatsheet! 

----- On Jan 9, 2017, at 2:34 PM, Ron Kelley <rkelleyrtp at gmail.com> wrote: 

> You can get the install instructions for guacamole off the web (ie: [
> https://www.chasewright.com/guacamole-with-mysql-on-ubuntu |
> https://www.chasewright.com/guacamole-with-mysql-on-ubuntu ] , [
> http://www.tecmint.com/guacamole-access-remote-linux-windows-machines-via-web-browser
> |
> http://www.tecmint.com/guacamole-access-remote-linux-windows-machines-via-web-browser
> ] , etc).

> Once installed, you need to edit two files:

> /etc/guacamole/guacamole.properties
> -------------------------------------
> guacd-hostname: localhost
> guacd-port: 4822
> guacd-ssl: false
> log_level: debug
> -------------------------------------

> /etc/guacamole/user-mapping.xml
> -------------------------------------
> <user-mapping>
> <authorize username=“Bob" password="<md5_password_for_user_account>"
> encoding="md5">

> <connection name="RDP - Windows Server">
> <protocol>rdp</protocol>
> <param name="hostname">10.30.20.32</param>
> <param name="port">3389</param>
> <param name="username”>Bob</param>
> <param name="security">tls</param>
> </connection>

> <connection name="VNC - Linux Server">
> <protocol>vnc</protocol>
> <param name="hostname">10.30.20.34</param>
> <param name="port">5901</param>
> <param name="password”>myvncpassword</param>
> </connection>

> <connection name="SSH - Linux Server">
> <protocol>ssh</protocol>
> <param name="hostname">10.30.20.24</param>
> </connection>

> </authorize>
> </user-mapping>
> -------------------------------------

> You will need to create an MD5 value for the user account (“Bob” in this case)
> and put it in the “md5_password...” field listed above. Then, just add your
> resources as necessary. If I recall correctly, you can have multiple users in
> the user-mapping.xml file - each with their own resources. Just add a new
> <user-mapping> section for each user. Finally, don’t forget you need to install
> both the guacamole server and client package (versions must match).

> I use nginx reverse-proxy on the front-end so I can access my resources via the
> ‘net on port 443. I send send that info as well if you need it.

> -Ron

> On Jan 9, 2017, at 2:19 PM, Dewey Hylton < [ mailto:plug at hyltown.com |
> plug at hyltown.com ] > wrote:

> i'd definitely be interested in seeing the config files ... i have this on my
> to-look-at list, just haven't gotten around to it yet.

> ----- On Jan 9, 2017, at 2:02 PM, Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion
> [ mailto:trilug at trilug.org | trilug at trilug.org ] wrote:

>> Matt,

>> Any chance of installing “guacamole” on your Linux box to see if that would
>> work? [ http://guacamole.incubator.apache.org/ |
>> http://guacamole.incubator.apache.org ]
>> < [ http://guacamole.incubator.apache.org/ |
>> http://guacamole.incubator.apache.org/ ] >

>> It only takes a few minutes to setup (I can send you my config files). I use it
>> to launch MS RDP sessions, Linux CLI sessions, and Linux VNC Sessions. Best of
>> all, it is done over HTML-5 browser (chrome).

>> On Jan 9, 2017, at 12:05 PM, Matt Flyer via TriLUG < [ mailto:trilug at trilug.org
>> | trilug at trilug.org ] > wrote:

>> Considering the recent weather event, I decided that today would be a good
>> day to try to work remotely. For the last several hours, I have been
>> attempting to establish a remote desktop session and have been running
>> into a real head scratcher.

>> The linux box that I want to remote into is running Centos 7 and is
>> integrated into (joined) an Active Directory domain. It successfully
>> performs AD authentication and when I am at my workstation on the LAN
>> running Ubuntu, Remmina will establish a remote desktop connection just
>> fine.

>> Working remotely from home, I am connected via the VPN. I can "hit" the
>> machine on the network, but I can't seem to get a remote desktop
>> connection directly to it.

>> What DOES work is that I am able to establish a remote desktop connection
>> to one of the Windows servers and from there use the (windows) Remote
>> Desktop Client to pull up the Centos 7 desktop and authenticate using my
>> AD credentials just fine. I just can't go directly from the Linux box
>> over the VPN.

>> I have tried KRDC, Remmina, and Vinagre, all of which simply fail with a
>> generic error message; except KRDC first asks for a user and then a
>> password, but it always fails (the password is correct).

>> I am not sure how to even troubleshoot or log the issue. All I get is a
>> "that did not work" message, which is very windows-esque.

>> Any thoughts or suggestions?
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