Microsoft Remote Desktop Mac @ Zeichen
Roseline Dyba
I've looked around online about this issue and haven't really found anything that helps me. I'm relatively new to Ubuntu and recently set up a tower so that I could connect to it over the internet via xRDP. That aspect of it works fine, but, for some reason, the desktop looks different on the remote login.
The GNOME dock isn't present on the home screen and looks different when I open the activities thing. Plus I'm missing the dock's customization section in the Settings application. That's really all I've immediately noticed, but I also don't have the experience with Ubuntu to really know what else might be missing.
We are assuming that you are running Ubuntu 18.04 or later, as you are connecting to the GNOME Desktop. The problem you are describing is expected when you perform a manual installation (with no further actions).
Copy the code below into your Terminal console and let it execute. This will create a file called .xsessionrc. This file is kind of a login script that will load your desktop configuration into the remote session. After the file is created, login back to the xRDP session and see if the desktop looks like the one you have when logged on locally.
Next time, you perform a xRDP installation, you could use the script that can be found in my personal blog to automate the installation and let it perform for you the post-configuration actions that make the desktop interface look similar when connected locally or remotely through xRDP. There is also a how-to guide provided as well with the script (see the above link).
KeePass features an "Auto-Type" functionality. This feature allows you to definea sequence of keypresses, which KeePass can automatically perform for you. Thesimulated keypresses can be sent to any other currently open window of your choice (browser windows,login dialogs, ...).
By default, the sent keystroke sequence is USERNAMETABPASSWORDENTER,i.e. it first types the user name of the selected entry, then presses the Tab key,then types the password of the entry and finally presses the Enter key.
Input Focus:
Note that auto-type starts typing into the control of the target windowthat has the input focus. Thus, for example for the defaultsequence you have to ensure that the input focus is set to theuser name control of the target window before invoking auto-type using any ofthe above methods.
Rights:
For auto-type to work, KeePass must be running with the same or higherrights as the target application. Especially, if the target applicationis running with administrative rights, KeePass must be running withadministrative rights, too. For details, seeWindows Integrity Mechanism Design.An example are certain instances of VMware Workstation that run ona higher integrity level.
Remote Desktops and Virtual Machines:
KeePass does not know the keyboard layout that has been selected ina remote desktop or virtual machine window.If you want to auto-type into such a window, you must ensurethat the local and the remote/virtual system are using the samekeyboard layout.
The method is simple: right-click on an entry of your currently opened databaseand click 'Perform Auto-Type' (or alternatively press theCtrl+Vshortcut for this command). The window that previously got the focus(i.e. the one in which you worked before switching to KeePass) will be broughtto the foreground and KeePass auto-types into this window.
The sequence which is auto-typed depends on the window's title. If you didn'tspecify any custom window/sequence associations, the default sequence is sent. Ifyou created associations, KeePass uses the sequence of the first matchingassociation. If none of the associations match, the default sequence is used.
KeePass registers a system-wide hot key for auto-type. The advantage ofthis hot key is that you don't need to switch to the KeePass window andselect the entry. You simply press the hot key while having the target windowopen (i.e. the window which will receive the simulated keypresses).
When you press the hot key, KeePass looks at the title of the currently opened window andsearches the currently opened database for usable entries. If KeePass finds multipleentries that can be used, it displays a selection dialog.An entry is considered to be usable for the current window title whenat least one of the following conditions is fulfilled:
The second condition has been mentioned already, but the first oneis new. By using entry titles as filters for window titles, the configuration amountfor auto-type is almost zero: you only need to make sure that the entry titleis contained in the window title of the window into which you want the entry to beauto-typed. Of course, this is not always possible (for example, if a webpage has avery generic title like "Welcome"), here you need touse custom window/sequence associations.
Above you've seen already that thedefault auto-type is USERNAMETABPASSWORDENTER. Here,USERNAME and PASSWORD are placeholders: when auto-typeis performed, these are replaced by the appropriate field values of the entry.TAB and ENTER are special key codes: these are replacedby the appropriate keypresses. Special key codes are the only way to specify specialkeys like Arrow-Down, Shift, Escape, etc.
Of course, keystroke sequences can also contain simple characters to be sent.For example, the following string is perfectly valid as keystroke sequence string:
USERNAMETABSome text to be sent!ENTER.
The values E and N are mutually exclusive.It is recommended to specify neither E nor N,if possible; KeePass then determines automatically whether the virtual keyis typically realized using an extended key.
Higher ANSI Characters:
The auto-type function supports sending of higher ANSI characters in range 126-255. Thismeans that you can send special characters like , @, etc. without any problems;you can write them directly into the keystroke sequence definition.
The default auto-type sequence (i.e. the one which is used when you don't specifya custom one) is USERNAMETABPASSWORDENTER. KeePass allows youto change this default sequence. Normally you won't need to change it (usecustom window/sequence definitions instead!), but it is quite useful when someother application is interfering with KeePass (for example a security software thatalways asks you for permission before allowing KeePass to auto-type).
Now let's have a look at a real-world example: logging into a website. In this example,will we use the global auto-type hot key to fill out the login webpage.First open the test page, and afterwards create a new entryin KeePass with title Test Form and a user name and passwordof your choice.
When you now navigate to the test page and are being prompted for your user name and password,just click into the user name field and pressCtrl+Alt+A.KeePass enters the user name and password for you!
Why did this work? The window title of your browser window was"Test Form - KeePass - Internet Explorer" or"Test Form - KeePass - Mozilla Firefox", depending on the browseryou are using. Because we gave the entry in KeePass the title Test Form, theentry title is contained in the window title, therefore KeePass uses this entry.
When you would use window/sequence associations(instead of entry title matching), you can achieve the samebrowser-independent effect using wildcards: you could for example have usedTest Form - KeePass - * as window filter. This filter matches boththe Internet Explorer and the Firefox window.
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