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1. #LINUX VERSION OF WINDOWS TERMINAL SERVER INSTALL#
2. #LINUX VERSION OF WINDOWS TERMINAL SERVER DOWNLOAD#

The xrdp_control.sh script controls xrdp start, stop, and restart functionality. # cp xrdp_control.sh /etc/init.d/xrdp_control Once the system is installed, you need to issue the following commands as root: # cd /usr/local/xrdp Although I decided against changing any parameters in the sesman.ini and xrdp.ini files under /etc/xrdp and approached the situation as if I were a Windows administrator, assuming things would work out of the box without a lot of tweaking, it didn't take long for this Windows approach to frustrate me, so I began poking around in the /usr/local/xrdp directory a bit and speaking via email with one of the xrdp developers.Įventually, I discovered the answers myself. The documentation is a bit unclear as to what to do next.

#LINUX VERSION OF WINDOWS TERMINAL SERVER INSTALL#

The executable files, scripts, and libraries install to /usr/local/xrdp, and the configuration files install to /etc/xrdp. Use sudo or su to become root and run: # make install Then you need to change into that directory and compile: cd xrdp-0.4.1

#LINUX VERSION OF WINDOWS TERMINAL SERVER DOWNLOAD#

Installation and Setupįirst, download the xrdp source package, then unzip and untar the package: $ tar zxvf xrdp-0.4.1.tar.gzĪll source files are now in the xrdp-0.4.1 directory. It also helps if you know a little about RDP and optimizing client settings. console or remote access to the Linux server,Īlso, you'll need to navigate the Linux filesystem, use some basic DOS-like commands, and understand basic network connectivity.For the new Linux user or Windows Administrator, you'll need the following: Setting up the RDP server on Linux is easy and only takes a few minutes. The best part is you don't have to run an X server on your Windows computer or export your Linux display to the Windows computer. Once connected and authenticated to the Linux RDP server, the remote user is presented a Linux graphical desktop. The xrdp package provides RDP functionality, along with an X server capable of accepting connections from rdesktop and Windows Terminal Server clients. Xrdp is an open source implementation of RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol), the protocol used with Windows Terminal Services for native Windows desktop connectivity. What if a remote Windows users could establish a connection to a Linux system as easily as connecting to a Windows system – and using the same application used to connect to Windows? Windows-to-Linux remote desktop connectivity is often bandwidth intensive, insecure, and difficult to configure.