idle timeout of Remote Desktop

[wbsimey]

We are connecting to an Ubuntu 12 server from windows 7 via “Remote Desktop” to run GUI apps. However, “Remote Desktop” disconnects after 5 minutes of idle time killing any running jobs. I have tried to edit the /etc/xrdp/sesman.ini (on Ubuntu), but sesman.ini seems to have zero influence on the behavior of “Remote Desktop”. For example, I have set IdleTimeLimit=0 and other larger numbers, but “Remote Desktop” disconnects after 5 minutes no matter what the sesman.ini configuration. There seem to be few configuration options from the client side. Anybody else run into this issue?

NOTE: I am also considering TeamViewer, VNC, etc, but our IT folks want us to use Remote Desktop if possible.

[tomearp]

From the man page (http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/precise/en/man5/sesman.ini.5.html#contenttoc4) for 12.04 (xrdp 0.5.0-2_i386):

SESSIONS
The following parameters can be used in the [Sessions] section:

MaxSessions=<number>
Sets the maximum number of simultaneous session on terminal
server.
If unset or set to 0, unlimited session are allowed.

KillDisconnected=[0|1]
If set to 1, true or yes, every session will be killed when the
user disconnects.
-this option is currently ignored!-

IdleTimeLimit=<number>
Sets the the time limit before an idle session is disconnected.
If set to 0, automatic disconnection is disabled.
-this option is currently ignored!-

DisconnectedTimeLimit=<number>
Sets the the time limit before a disconnected session is killed.
If set to 0, automatic killing is disabled.
-this option is currently ignored!-