sudo usermod -a -G tty,video,input,render,audio $USER<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nthen logout and back in once for the group changes to take effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Oh, for the hell of it, and just fun to see which works better, we created a bin file for Remmina, called it rdc or rdp, it is up to you, and linked the thinclient user’s Remmina configuration to our profile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, I decided to take a break, here is what I want to try:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Remmina stores its configurations and saved connection profiles inside
Run these commands under your regular user account to link directly to thinclient’s settings:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Remove existing default folders for your regular user<\/p>\n\n\n\n
rm -rf ~\/.config\/remmina ~\/.local\/share\/remmina<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nCreate symbolic links pointing to thinclient’s settings<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ln -s \/home\/thinclient\/.config\/remmina ~\/.config\/remminaFor your regular user to read and update thinclient’s connection files, both users need shared group access to those directories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Add your user to the thinclient group (or vice versa):<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo usermod -a -G thinclient $USER\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nAdjust group permissions on thinclient’s Remmina folders so both users can edit profiles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nWe had some issues, so let’s try this next time, we added it later and it fixed our issue so if you do it here, you may never run into the issue. (Permissions Settings)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
sudo chmod 750 \/home\/thinclient\/.local\nsudo chmod 750 \/home\/thinclient\/.local\/share<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nsudo chmod -R 770 \/home\/thinclient\/.config\/remmina\nsudo chmod -R 770 \/home\/thinclient\/.local\/share\/remmina\nsudo chown -R thinclient:thinclient \/home\/thinclient\/.config\/remmina\nsudo chown -R thinclient:thinclient \/home\/thinclient\/.local\/share\/remmina<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nCreate and open the file:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo nano \/usr\/local\/bin\/rdp\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nEnter the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n#!\/bin\/bash\n# Detect active TTY console number\nVT_NUM=$(fgconsole)\n\n# Launch Openbox + Remmina in fullscreen mode on the active TTY\nxinit \/bin\/sh -c \"xsetroot -cursor_name left_ptr & openbox --config-file ~\/.config\/openbox\/rc.xml & exec \/usr\/bin\/remmina --enable-fullscreen\" -- :$VT_NUM vt$VT_NUM\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nSave and make the binary script executable:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo chmod +x \/usr\/local\/bin\/rdp<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nsudo chmod 750 \/home\/thinclient<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nsudo chown -R thinclient:thinclient \/home\/thinclient\/.config\/remmina \/home\/thinclient\/.local\/share\/remmina<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nsudo chmod -R 770 \/home\/thinclient\/.config\/remmina \/home\/thinclient\/.local\/share\/remmina<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo chmod -R 770 \/home\/thinclient\/.local\/share\/remmina\nsudo chmod -R thinclient:thinclient \/home\/thinclient\/.local\/share\/remmina<\/s><\/em><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n Test if that dont work run the first two<\/p>\n\n\n\n
it was the first two we needed to run to get the proper permissions!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All working now!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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