gufw not showing on remote connection

[Eric]

On a remote desktop connection, I am unable to start gufw, either through the applications menu or the terminal. No UI window appears after I authenticate.

This is what I see from the console:

$ gufw
==== AUTHENTICATING FOR com.ubuntu.pkexec.gufw ===
Authentication is required to run the Firewall Configuration
Authenticating as: -snip-
Password:
==== AUTHENTICATION COMPLETE ===
Hangup
$

This is on Mint 17.1 with XFCE. I was using Cinnamon before from the local machine but apparently it doesn't work with remote desktop sessions.

[costales (costales)]

Hi Eric!
Did you try this?
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Gufw#Use_Gufw_without_Graphical_Environment_or_Remote_Computer

[Eric (leeijuieric)]

Oh, I should mention that this was using xrdp and vnc. What you mentioned probably works, but I want to be able to use gufw through xrdp.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Ben Shadwick (benshadwick)]

I'm also seeing the same issue with x2go using Ubuntu MATE 14.04 LTS.

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to review all reported bugs in a timely manner.

I'm setting the status of this bug to 'Incomplete' as it's not seen any activity for some time. If this is still an issue when using a currently maintained release of Ubuntu then please let us know which one(s) otherwise this bug report can be left to expire in approximately 60 days time.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for Ubuntu because there has been no activity for 60 days.]