I know virtually nothing about Linux, I use Windows all the time. I only have Linux on two virtual machines (to run a particular program which requires Linux) and on one Mac laptop (because hell will freeze over before I touch Mac OS). It's XUbuntu 20.
The problem is the Mac laptop. I somehow managed to install a program to make Linux accept RDP (the Windows built in remote desktop thing), so I can actually view and control it from my main Windows machine in the house (the laptop is one of nine machines in the garage and I need to look at them all a couple of times a day to monitor programs they're running). The trouble is either the program or Linux itself has a limitation - I can't log in remotely with the same user who is logged in locally. Doesn't seem to bother Windows, but it bothers the laptop. I just get kicked off the remote session with no reason given. So I have to go log out of the laptop physically, and again another day if it's restarted.
Trouble is, when I installed Linux I chose to autologin. I want to turn that off so on powerup it sits at the login screen. The program I run on it runs as a service so shouldn't be affected. Everything I google tells me to click things which aren't there on my laptop. If I go to users, there is no autologin button.
Is there perhaps a command I can type in to change it? I found something, but it involved editing a load of configuration files, which aren't there, or it's not showing them - does Linux maybe have a "don't show system files" default like Windows?
The problem is the Mac laptop. I somehow managed to install a program to make Linux accept RDP (the Windows built in remote desktop thing), so I can actually view and control it from my main Windows machine in the house (the laptop is one of nine machines in the garage and I need to look at them all a couple of times a day to monitor programs they're running). The trouble is either the program or Linux itself has a limitation - I can't log in remotely with the same user who is logged in locally. Doesn't seem to bother Windows, but it bothers the laptop. I just get kicked off the remote session with no reason given. So I have to go log out of the laptop physically, and again another day if it's restarted.
Trouble is, when I installed Linux I chose to autologin. I want to turn that off so on powerup it sits at the login screen. The program I run on it runs as a service so shouldn't be affected. Everything I google tells me to click things which aren't there on my laptop. If I go to users, there is no autologin button.
Is there perhaps a command I can type in to change it? I found something, but it involved editing a load of configuration files, which aren't there, or it's not showing them - does Linux maybe have a "don't show system files" default like Windows?