Install MATE desktop with xrdp on Ubuntu Server

Login to ubuntu server using SSH and run the following command to install MATE desktop environment

apt install ubuntu-mate-desktop

Create a normal user. We will use this user to login to XRDP desktop.

useradd -m -s /bin/bash desktop

You can change user name “desktop” to any other username you need. Make the user super user

usermod -aG sudo desktop

Switch to desktop user

su - desktop

Create .xsession file

echo "mate-session" > ~/.xsession

Exit back to user root

exit

Install xrdp package

apt install xrdp

Create file

vi /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/45-allow-colord.pkla

with following content

[Allow Colord all Users]
Identity=unix-user:*
Action=org.freedesktop.color-manager.create-device;org.freedesktop.color-manager.create-profile;org.freedesktop.color-manager.delete-device;org.freedesktop.color-manager.delete-profile;org.freedesktop.color-manager.modify-device;org.freedesktop.color-manager.modify-profile
ResultAny=no
ResultInactive=no
ResultActive=yes

Restart xrdp

systemctl restart xrdp

Now you should be able to connect to remote ubuntu server using RDP.

back to xrdp