Xrdp is an open source tool which allows users to access the Linux remote desktop via Windows RDP. Apart from Windows RDP, xrdp tool also accepts connections from other RDP clients like FreeRDP, rdesktop and NeutrinoRDP.
XRDP REQUIREMENTS
- xrdp and xorgxrdp packages
- Listens on 3389/tcp. Make sure your firewall accepts connections
1. Installling on Ubuntu 18.04
sudo apt install xrdp Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: apturl apturl-common augeas-lenses cryptsetup cryptsetup-bin cryptsetup-initramfs cryptsetup-run db-util db5.3-util extlinux gir1.2-gudev-1.0 gir1.2-udisks-2.0 hfsplus icoutils ldmtool libafflib0v5 libaugeas0 libconfig9 libdate-manip-perl libewf2 libhfsp0 libhivex0 libintl-perl libintl-xs-perl libldm-1.0-0 liblockfile-bin liblockfile1 libstring-shellquote-perl libsys-virt-perl libtsk13 libwin-hivex-perl libyara3 lockfile-progs lsscsi scrub sendmail-base sendmail-cf sensible-mda sleuthkit supermin syslinux syslinux-common syslinux-legacy zerofree Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them. The following additional packages will be installed: xorgxrdp Suggested packages: guacamole xrdp-pulseaudio-installer The following NEW packages will be installed: xorgxrdp xrdp 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded. Need to get 593 kB of archives. After this operation, 3,897 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
After Installing Restart the xrdp
systemctl restart xrdp
check the status of xrdp Before connecting to it:
systemctl status xrdp
● xrdp.service - xrdp daemon
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/xrdp.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Tue 2020-04-07 11:19:24 IST; 5s ago
Docs: man:xrdp(8)
man:xrdp.ini(5)
Process: 14872 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh /usr/share/xrdp/socksetup (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 14884 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/xrdp $XRDP_OPTIONS (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 14885 (xrdp)
Tasks: 2 (limit: 4915)
Memory: 11.9M
CGroup: /system.slice/xrdp.service
├─14885 /usr/sbin/xrdp
└─14889 /usr/sbin/xrdp
Xrdp works with port 3389 so make sure to open it. UFW is disabled by default so you will need to enable the firewall and create a rule for xrdp
ufw enable ufw allow 3389/tcp
2. Installing XRDP on Centos7
rpm -Uvh https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
Now install xrdp packages
yum update && yum -y install xrdp tigervnc-server
Add firewall rule to allow xrdp on port 3389 and reload it
firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-port=3389/tcp firewall-cmd --reload
Restart the service
systemctl enable xrdp && systemctl restart xrdp
3. Connect to Windows using Remote Desktop Connection
On you windows machine goto start->search for remote connection
OR
Press windows+r -> mstsc -> enter
3. Connecting to your Rdp client from windows
You will need to enter the ip address of your machine and you will be asked to enter the username and Click on connect
After providing the correct credentials, you get the following page prompting for password.
Now confirm your credentials. You can see the IP address of my Ubuntu on the top and the login page. Enter your password and enjoy
