{"id":6007,"date":"2016-07-04T16:35:24","date_gmt":"2016-07-04T16:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=6007"},"modified":"2016-07-06T15:23:40","modified_gmt":"2016-07-06T15:23:40","slug":"remote-access-ubuntu-16-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2016\/07\/remote-access-ubuntu-16-04\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Remote Access to Ubuntu 16.04 from Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/remote-access-icon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/remote-access-icon.jpg\" alt=\"Remote Access Ubuntu 16.04\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6008\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This tutorial is going to show beginners how to easily setup a VNC server in Ubuntu 16.04 so to connect from remote machines.<\/p>\n<p>1.) Ubuntu desktop provides vino VNC server out-of-the-box with a simple UI called <b>Desktop Sharing<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/launch-vino-config.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/launch-vino-config-450x197.jpg\" alt=\"Desktop Sharing\" width=\"450\" height=\"197\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6009\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/launch-vino-config-450x197.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/launch-vino-config.jpg 595w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2.) After launching the utility, you can easily enable VNC server in Ubuntu by checking the boxes that says:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Allow other users to view your desktop<\/li>\n<li>Allow other users to control your desktop (Optional)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/enable-vino-server.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/enable-vino-server-450x354.jpg\" alt=\"Enable Vino VNC server\" width=\"450\" height=\"354\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6010\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/enable-vino-server-450x354.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/enable-vino-server.jpg 553w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For security options:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you want to be able to choose whether to allow someone to access your desktop, enable the first box.<\/li>\n<li>To require other people to type a password when connecting to your desktop, enable the second one and set a password.<\/li>\n<li>If your router supports UPnP and it&#8217;s enabled, you can allow people not in local network to connect by selecting &#8220;Automatically configure UPnP router to open and forward ports&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After setting up the VNC server, just close the utility.<\/p>\n<p>3.) Disable encryption.<\/p>\n<p>Due to <a href=\"https:\/\/bugs.launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/vino\/+bug\/1281250\" target=\"_blank\">this bug<\/a>, the common used TigerVNC, TightVNC viewer does not support vino&#8217;s security type. You&#8217;ll get the error below when you try to connect:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/security-notsupported.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/security-notsupported.jpg\" alt=\"security-notsupported\" width=\"370\" height=\"175\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6011\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A workaround is to disable encryption requirement. To do so, install <b>dconf Editor<\/b> from Ubuntu Software (or via <code>sudo apt install dconf-editor<\/code> command in terminal), and launch it.<\/p>\n<p>When it opens, navigate to <b>org -> gnome -> desktop -> remote-access<\/b>, and uncheck the value of &#8220;require-encryption&#8221; in right.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/vino-disable-encryption.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/vino-disable-encryption-600x241.jpg\" alt=\"vino disable encryption\" width=\"600\" height=\"241\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6012\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/vino-disable-encryption-600x241.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/vino-disable-encryption-450x180.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/vino-disable-encryption.jpg 1010w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finally connect to this desktop on remote machine by typing the IP and password using a VNC client!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This tutorial is going to show beginners how to easily setup a VNC server in Ubuntu 16.04 so to connect from remote machines. 1.) Ubuntu desktop provides vino VNC server out-of-the-box with a simple UI called Desktop Sharing. 2.) 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