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Geppettvs D'Constanzo
Asked: 2020-07-02 09:02:14 +0800 CST

How can I enable AnyDesk Unattended Login on i3WM?

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Please note: parts of this question comes from my opened thread on reddit.

Please also note: The expected solution should be related to AnyDesk and i3WM, no "NoMachine", VNC, TeamViewer or any other remote desktop solutions. Thanks for understanding.

The problem

I am an i3wm user and I'd like to use AnyDesk unattended login but I can't enable it without super user privileges via sudo.

I mean, if I run sudo anydesk it works and allow me to do the changes needed to allow the unattended login but once I close anydesk, it does not work for a normal user session.

When I run anydesk as a normal user, all the Security options are greyed out and I can't unlock it by clicking on the "Unlock Security Settings" link.

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What have I tried

I have seen this question, Cannot access security panel from anydesk and while the provided answers may help a lot, I am facing a different issue.

Once I use this suggested solution:

echo mynewpassword | sudo anydesk --set-password

My terminal responds with:

Setting the password requires administrator privileges and an installed service.

I have also tried with the answers to this question: Anydesk on Ubuntu does not save Unattended Access Security Setting with similar results.

I have read there's something related to polkit or policykit, which I don't have on my i3WM system and that's why I can't run graphic super user requests a la gksudo.

Any help is appreciated.

i3-wm anydesk

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Basically, after doing some research on my own, both on the net and this site, I got into the lxpolkit tool, among a bunch of other stuff related to policy kit and these things.

    Installing lxpolkit now provides a Graphic User Interface to insert the proper elevated user password in order to gain access to the privileges I couldn't reach before.

    Now, everytime I wish to commit some changes to the "Security Options" from within AnyDesk's main window, I get a small window asking for the user's password, after which I can change everything.

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    Somehow, and having in consideration that this tool is designed for LXDE, this is the only solution working for me on i3WM. Maybe someone wish to add some explanation about?

    As for me, I am pleased with the solution, which I write here just in case somebody else is trying to find a solution.

    BTW: This tool now also allow me to elevate the user privileges for other tools like code/codium when trying to edit the /var/www/html/ public files, which are read with ease but needs to run elevated privileges to write'm down on disk again.

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