Ubuntu 20.04 -- Please explain "remote" on following screenshot

**maglin2** · April 7th, 2023

just a thought picked up from another thread, what does

Code:

grdctl status

yield?

**bhubunt** · April 7th, 2023

Originally Posted by TheFu

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Whatever you are doing seems to be less about libreoffice and more about the way sharing is enabled/accessed on your system.

Thanks, but there is *no* sharing enabled/accessed on my system -- that being my Lenovo laptop.

As I said, I have no server, I am also not connected to a server (as far as I know), I am not a member of a network, and have never ever set up sharing with anyone.

May I ask if you had a chance to check the system log links from pastebin that I posted in post #8?

Is there anything you see in those system logs that indicates my desktop/screen is being shared?

**bhubunt** · April 7th, 2023

Originally Posted by maglin2

just a thought picked up from another thread, what does

Code:

grdctl status

yield?

The terminal says:

Code:

 command not found

.

**mIk3_08** · April 8th, 2023

Originally Posted by bhubunt

The terminal says:

Code:

 command not found

If terminal says command not found, Maybe there is a problem with your system. The command

Code:

grdctl status

usually gives you the status of your RDP
and VNC. Regards and cheers.

**TheFu** · April 8th, 2023

None of my systems have that command and I didn't remove it. Seems related to gnome-remote-desktop package.

**maglin2** · April 8th, 2023

In a default 22.04 desktop install you should see something like

Code:

grdctl status
RDP:
    Status: disabled
    TLS certificate: 
    TLS key: 
    View-only: yes
    Username: (hidden)
    Password: (hidden)
VNC:
    Status: disabled
    Auth method: prompt
    View-only: yes
    Password: (empty)

(In VM attempts I found it hard to remove from 22.04 without killing other things, so masked the service instead. It is easy to remove in 22.10).

I was just wondering if someone in Ubuntu might have thought this was such a good feature in 22.04 they'd decided it should be backported to 20.04!
Obviously not.

**bhubunt** · April 8th, 2023

Originally Posted by TheFu

None of my systems have that command and I didn't remove it. Seems related to gnome-remote-desktop package.

I agree with The Fu. My laptops also don't have that command and I also did not remove it.

I'd still be grateful if someone could check the system logs in post #8 and see if there is any code in those logs that suggests remote desktop sharing was going on at the time.

As mentioned, I have no router and I am also not on a small network nor logged into a server. Plus, I have never activated remote desktop sharing or any file sharing with anyone for that matter on any of my laptops.

Thanks to all for your help.

**MAFoElffen** · April 8th, 2023

Agreed. It's not going to be there if gnome-remote-desktop is not there.

Code:

mafoelffen@Mikes-ThinkPad-T520:~$ grdctl status
RDP:
    Status: disabled
    TLS certificate: 
    TLS key: 
    View-only: yes
    Username: (empty)
    Password: (empty)
VNC:
    Status: disabled
    Auth method: prompt
    View-only: yes
    Password: (empty)

mafoelffen@Mikes-ThinkPad-T520:~$ apt list gnome-remote-desktop --installed
Listing... Done
gnome-remote-desktop/now 42.4-0ubuntu1 amd64 [installed,upgradable to: 42.7-0ubuntu1]
N: There is 1 additional version. Please use the '-a' switch to see it

**kinddolphin8827** · April 13th, 2023

I may not have any experience with X11 forwarding in any fashion, even though my first ever experience was to jump right into setting up a file and print server. So I knew right away that we would infarct need the log files.

1. Please provide us with log files via paste bin
2. Annotate them if possible
3. If at all possible try to keep your answers concise