[Workaround found][Upstream issue] Windows 11 + Podman : RDP seems to not work due to missing permission for podman

[AkechiShiro]

We tried to use Podman but RDP connection seemed to fail, this is most likely related to this upstream issue : dockur/windows#679

This behavior and issue should be :

• Issue documented
• Workaround documented (mentioned here)
• Investigated with help from @Moon1moon https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/podman-and-freerdp-problem/2000/2

[DaRandomCube]

so, you can access it via vnc, but not rdp? (or atleast, rdp doesn't work anymore)

[AkechiShiro]

Yes via vnc it works, docker works with VNC and RDP @DaRandomCube

[DaRandomCube]

Yes via vnc it works, docker works with VNC and RDP @DaRandomCube

we have the same thing then
anyway any idea on how to fully delete the win11 podman thing? as when i use podman-compose rm and try to podman-compose --file, it doesn't download the windows 10 iso, aka there are some leftovers

[AkechiShiro]

Maybe this : https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/markdown/podman-system-prune.1.html

I haven't tested but I need to cleanup as well

[AkechiShiro]

I think I'll try to capture with wireshark at a later time a successful authentification with Docker and the issue with Podman and then try and compare both to see if I can pinpoint what is the issue.

[DaRandomCube]

I think I'll try to capture with wireshark at a later time a successful authentification with Docker and the issue with Podman and then try and compare both to see if I can pinpoint what is the issue.

any updates?

[AkechiShiro]

Nope I didn't find time to do it, assume there is no news unless I put an update here publicly

[Moon1moon]

@AkechiShiro some clue to run freerdp with podman

https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/podman-and-freerdp-problem/2000/2

[AkechiShiro]

To quote my answer upstream, a workaround is the following and then winapps can be used inside the shell spawned with the podman command.

You can try @DaRandomCube, should work for you

That seems to work @Moon1moon but only in the shell spawned from

podman unshare --rootless-netns

Then inside that shell, you can connect using xfreerdp and it does work with podman.

I had to specify (under NixOS with a shell managed by Home-Manager, else it was failing to enter the new shell)

SHELL=/bin/sh podman unshare --rootless-netns

with the following error :

Error: fork/exec /run/current-system/sw/bin/zsh: no such file or directory

[DaRandomCube]

To quote my answer upstream, a workaround is the following and then winapps can be used inside the shell spawned with the podman command.

You can try @DaRandomCube, should work for you

That seems to work @Moon1moon but only in the shell spawned from

podman unshare --rootless-netns

Then inside that shell, you can connect using xfreerdp and it does work with podman.
I had to specify (under NixOS with a shell managed by Home-Manager, else it was failing to enter the new shell)

SHELL=/bin/sh podman unshare --rootless-netns

with the following error :

Error: fork/exec /run/current-system/sw/bin/zsh: no such file or directory

Too late
Made a new container with windows 10 and removed the 11 one
If i go back home tomorrow i will try it

[DaRandomCube]

tried with a tiny11 container
created 2 tmux panes, each one is in the shell made by podman unshare --rootless-netns
one to up the container, and another to run the setup file, and that didn't work