can't copy files from client to server

[Blourvim]

xrdp version

0.9.21

Detailed xrdp version, build options

xrdp 0.9.21.1
  A Remote Desktop Protocol Server.
  Copyright (C) 2004-2020 Jay Sorg, Neutrino Labs, and all contributors.
  See https://github.com/neutrinolabs/xrdp for more information.

  Configure options:
      --enable-ipv6
      --enable-jpeg
      --enable-fuse
      --enable-rfxcodec
      --enable-opus
      --enable-painter
      --enable-vsock
      --build=x86_64-linux-gnu
      --prefix=/usr
      --includedir=${prefix}/include
      --mandir=${prefix}/share/man
      --infodir=${prefix}/share/info
      --sysconfdir=/etc
      --localstatedir=/var
      --disable-silent-rules
      --libdir=${prefix}/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
      --libexecdir=${prefix}/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
      --disable-maintainer-mode
      --disable-dependency-tracking
      --with-socketdir=/run/xrdp/sockdir
      build_alias=x86_64-linux-gnu
      CFLAGS=-g -O2 -ffile-prefix-map=/build/xrdp-QTF2mN/xrdp-0.9.21.1=. -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security 
      LDFLAGS=-Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -Wl,--as-needed
      CPPFLAGS=-Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 
      PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/build/xrdp-QTF2mN/xrdp-0.9.21.1/pkgconfig

  Compiled with OpenSSL 3.0.15 3 Sep 2024

Operating system & version

Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)

Installation method

dnf / apt / zypper / pkg / etc

Which backend do you use?

xorg

What desktop environment do you use?

mate

Environment xrdp running on

qemu libvirt vm

What's your client?

microsoft offical client, xfreerdp on arch

Area(s) with issue?

Clipboard, File transfer / drive redirection

Steps to reproduce

copy file on the client with ctrl + c, paste it to the server

✔️ Expected Behavior

it should copy the file to the machine where xrdp server is running

❌ Actual Behavior

it does nothing

Anything else?

clean install logs don't show interaction

[matt335672]

The copy-paste functionality is provided by a component called xrdp-sesman. Assuming you can't copy-past text, the most likely reasons for this failure are:-

1. xrdp-sesman has failed. Use ps -fU <user> | grep sesman to look for this.
2. You've reconnected to an xrdp session while the original connection is still active. xrdp doesn't cope well with this. We're aware of it.

xrdp-sesman runs in a user context. The log file is in ~/.local/share/xrdp/xrdp-chansrv.$D.log where $D is the display number for the session (i.e. 10 for a DISPLAY of :10).

• Can you copy-paste text?
• Is sesman running for the user?
• If so have you reconnected to an active session?

[metalefty]

@matt335672 You meant xrdp-chansrv rather than xrdp-sesman.

[matt335672]

Quite right - it's been a busy week! Thanks for the correction.

@Blourvim - replace xrdp-sesman with xrdp-chansrv in the above description and please accept my apologies for the inevitable confusion.