{"id":10453,"date":"2020-07-09T13:04:29","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T13:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=10453"},"modified":"2020-07-09T13:04:29","modified_gmt":"2020-07-09T13:04:29","slug":"remote-desktop-sharing-ubuntu-20-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2020\/07\/remote-desktop-sharing-ubuntu-20-04\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Enable Remote Desktop Sharing in Ubuntu 20.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6008\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/remote-access-icon.jpg\" alt=\"Remote Access Ubuntu 16.04\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This quick tutorial shows how to enable remote desktop service in Ubuntu 20.04, so that you can access to Ubuntu desktop remotely via VNC viewer.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/remote-desktop.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/remote-desktop.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/remote-desktop-450x270.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>1.)<\/b> Open System <b>Settings<\/b> utility, navigate to <b>Sharing<\/b> in the left pane, toggle on Sharing in the top-right, and finally click on &#8220;Screen Sharing&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/toggle-sharing.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"244\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/toggle-sharing.png 520w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/toggle-sharing-450x211.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.)<\/b> In the pop-up dialog, turn on &#8220;Screen Sharing&#8221; and select:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Enable remote control<\/b> by tick &#8220;Allow connections to control screen&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>Setup a password or select ask for access on each connection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/screen-sharing.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/screen-sharing.png 520w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/screen-sharing-450x287.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>3.)<\/b> As a workaround of TightVNC connection error: &#8220;<i>No security types supported. Server sent security types, but we do not support any of them<\/i>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p><i>NOTE: Instead of running following commands, you may use Dconf Editor and navigate to org\/gnome\/desktop\/remote-access.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Run command in terminal (press <b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> to open terminal):<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">gsettings set org.gnome.Vino require-encryption false<\/pre>\n<p>You may also run command to allow people not in local network to access using UPnP (if your router supports it):<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">gsettings set org.gnome.Vino use-upnp true<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/use-upnp.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"92\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/use-upnp.png 520w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/use-upnp-450x80.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Finally, connect to this Ubuntu desktop remotely using either Computer name (as picture in step 1.) shows) or IP address via a VNC viewer \/ client and enjoy!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This quick tutorial shows how to enable remote desktop service in Ubuntu 20.04, so that you can access to Ubuntu desktop remotely via VNC viewer. 1.) Open System Settings utility, navigate to Sharing in the left pane, toggle on Sharing in the top-right, and finally click on &#8220;Screen Sharing&#8221;. 2.) 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