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Chrome remote desktop change account6/27/2023 I was able to login to my machine with two users simultaneously using remote desktop (and run gnome-terminal in the cinnamon session), and third user running Unity desktop directly on machine. You dont have to pay for any subscription or other types of premium content you only need a Google account. (like enabling clipboard), but I did not try it. Go to, and setup this machine for access. # Install Google Chrome (if not installed yet) Sudo usermod -a -G chrome-remote-desktop $USER # It is possible to list multiple users in this group, and access your machine with multiple remote sessions simultaneously. # You will be logged in by this user when using chrome remote desktop. Turn Chrome Remote Desktop on or off for users. # Allow this user to setup machine for remote access. # apt install will install it together with dependencies. Note: if you forgot to create an additional account you can "unlock" it by visiting on another machine and deleting remote device you set up. Within Chrome, navigate to Googles Chrome Remote Desktop web app and click the circular blue arrow icon inside the box labeled Set up remote access. Account which is used to setup remote access won't be accessible for regular sign in (at some point I was getting an error message from remote desktop where it blamed a bug in display manager I tried gdm3, lightdm, and sddm with no luck). I decided to follow that guide but without disabling display manager. Which insist on disabling the display manager. You have to be signed into your Google account to use. Google services are tied to your Google account usually (but not always) a Gmail address and password. There are a few things to know about Chrome Remote Desktop. There are Google instructions on installing chrome-remote-desktop on virtual instance: This article explains how to use Chrome Remote Desktop to provide remote assistance to friends and family. You can set up remote access to your Mac, Windows, or Linux computer. Once entered the pin, the user will be able to. Learn how to control use of Chrome Remote Desktop. I recently tried to get chrome-remote-desktop on Ubuntu 20.04, and found that most of the instructions either ignore issues with sessions (gnome-terminal does not open, etc) or patch /opt/google/chrome-remote-desktop/chrome-remote-desktop withįIRST_X_DISPLAY_NUMBER = 0, etc, which is not helpful if I want to sign in with multiple accounts at the same time. It will ask for the pin set for the remote system while registering the system with Chrome Remote Desktop. Sudo bash -c 'echo "exec /etc/X11/Xsession /usr/bin/cinnamon-session-cinnamon2d" > /etc/chrome-remote-desktop-session' Short fix: sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \Īpt install -assume-yes cinnamon-core desktop-base Symptoms: in remote session: xterm runs, gnome-terminal/nautilus does not. Local users can use Unity or whatever they want. Short answer: yes, but you need to use cinnamon for remote sessions.
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