Howto: xRDP on Fedora / RHEL

1) Download xRDP from SourceForge.Net

# wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/xrdp/files/xrdp/0.4.1/xrdp-0.4.1.tar.gz/download

2) Extract, Compile and Install

# tar -xzvf xrdp-0.4.1.tar.gz
# cd xrdp-0.4.1
# make && make install

3) Configure adduser -d /home/sirjune -g users sirjune
Users

# adduser -d /home/sirjune -g users sirjune
# passwd sirjune

4) For the purpose of testing, temporarily disable your firewall. Until then you can allow RDP ports through it.

# service iptables stop
or
# /sbin/iptables -F

5) Start xRDP

# /usr/local/xrdp/xrdp_control.sh start

6) Test xRDP. From your Windows box:

Click START -> RUN -> type “mstsc” Type in the IP Address or Hostname of your Linux box and Login.

~ by sirjune on November 6, 2009.