Install xrdp Remote Desktop to CentOS 6 / RHEL 6

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xrdp is an Open Source Remote desktop Protocol server, which allows you to RDP to your Linux server from Windows machine; it is capable of accepting connections from rdesktop, freerdp, and remote desktop clients. This how to will help you to setup xrdp server on CentOS 6 / RHEL 6.

Prerequisites:

Install EPEL repository on CentOS 6.

32 Bit

# rpm -Uvh http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm

64 Bit

# rpm -Uvh http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm

Installation:

Issue the following command to install xrdp

# yum -y install xrdp tigervnc-server

You will get the following output, make sure you are getting package from the newly created repository.

Installed:
  tigervnc-server.x86_64 0:1.1.0-8.el6_5      xrdp.x86_64 0:0.5.0-0.13.el6

Dependency Installed:
  libXmu.x86_64 0:1.1.1-2.el6
  xorg-x11-fonts-misc.noarch 0:7.2-9.1.el6
  xorg-x11-xauth.x86_64 1:1.0.2-7.1.el6

Once it is installed, lets start the xrdp service.

# service xrdp start

xrdp will listen on 3389, lets confirm this by issuing following command.

# netstat -antup | grep xrdp
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:3350              0.0.0.0:*                   LISTEN      11299/xrdp-sesman
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:3389                0.0.0.0:*                   LISTEN      11295/xrdp

By default, services wont auto start after system reboot. Issue the following command to enable the service at system start up.

# chkconfig xrdp on
# chkconfig vncserver on

Test:

Now take rdp from any windows machine using Remote Desktop Connection, enter ip address of Linux server in computer field and click on connect.

Install xrdp Remote Desktop on CentOS 6 - xRDP MSTSC
Install xrdp Remote Desktop on CentOS 6 – xRDP MSTSC

You would be asked to enter the user name and password, you can either use root or any user that you have it on system. Make sure you use module “sesman-Xvnc”.

Install xrdp Remote Desktop on CentOS 6 - xRDP Login Screen
Install xrdp Remote Desktop on CentOS 6 – xRDP Login Screen

If you click ok, you will see the processing. In less than a half min, you will get a desktop.

Install xrdp Remote Desktop on CentOS 6 - xRDP Desktop
Install xrdp Remote Desktop on CentOS 6 – xRDP Desktop

That’s All, you have successfully configured xRDP on CentOS 6 / RHEL 6. We welcome your comments.

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