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Configuring xrdp on Fedora/CentOS

xrdp: An open source remote desktop protocol(rdp) server. Based on the work of FreeRDP and rdesktop, xrdp uses the remote desktop protocol to present a GUI to the user.

The goal of this project is to provide a fully functional Linux terminal server, capable of accepting connections from rdesktop, freerdp, and Microsoft's own terminal server / remote desktop clients. Unlike Windows NT/2000/2003/2008/2012 server, xrdp will not display a Windows desktop but an X window desktop to the user. Xrdp uses Xvnc or X11rdp to manage the X session.
Configuring Xrdp on Fedora/CentOS
# yum install xrdp

 # systemctl enable xrdp.service

 # systemctl start xrdp.service

 # systemctl enable xrdp-sesman.service

 # systemctl start  xrdp-sesman.service
Xrdp allways runs on 3389 port number, So if we have enabled firewall then we need to open the port of xrdp in our firewall:

 # firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=3389/tcp

 # netstat -tupnl | grep xrdp
If we need to specify a specific desktop to workaround, We can specify it:

 # echo PREFERRED=mate-session > /etc/sysconfig/desktop

Now we can access Fedora or CentOS machine over RDP protocol:






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