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diff --git a/network/xrdp/README b/network/xrdp/README index a689ff947f..290a45d14c 100644 --- a/network/xrdp/README +++ b/network/xrdp/README @@ -2,8 +2,11 @@ xrdp - Remote Desktop Server for Linux Xrdp provides a fully functional Linux terminal server, capable of accepting connections from rdesktop and Microsoft's own terminal server/remote desktop -clients. Xrdp uses Xvnc or X11rdp (which are installed separately) to manage -the X session. +clients. Xrdp uses Xvnc or X11rdp (which are installed separately) to manage +the X session. This means a RDP client can connect to a VNC server on the +xrdp server machine in addition to the RDP server. Xrdp can also act as a +bridging server, allowing RDP clients to connect to other RDP or VNC servers +through the xrdp server. Xvnc can be installed by installing tightvnc (available on SlackBuilds.org). X11rdp can be compiled and installed by following the directions in the @@ -13,18 +16,25 @@ By default, this script will make xrdp without PAM support since PAM is not installed in Slackware by default. The script supports building with PAM, but it is completely untested by us. If you want to enable PAM, run the script as follows: - USE_PAM=yes ./xrdp.SlackBuild + USE_PAM=YES ./xrdp.SlackBuild After installing xrdp there are some configuration files in /etc/xrdp that can be modified. sesman.ini has some useful options to take note of such as the ability to allow xrdp use by only a certain group and to specify the log -location (by default the sesman log appears in the program directory so this -should be changed). xrdp.ini should be modified so that you have the options -you want at the server login screen. For instance, if you want xrdp's default -options to be like those of a Windows RDP server then change xrdp.ini so that -the (by default) given sesman-X11rdp set is option xrdp1. -The man page for xrdp.ini has more details on the file. +location (the default log location has been changed to /var/log/sesman.log). +xrdp.ini should be modified so that you have the options you want at the +server login screen. For instance, if you want xrdp's default options to be +like those of a Windows RDP server then change xrdp.ini so that the default +set of options under [xrdp1] corresponds to sesman-X11rdp. Similarly, you +might want to change the options (eg. port number) for VNC (listed as +"console" by default). The man page for xrdp.ini has more details on the +file. -/usr/lib/xrdp/startwm.sh by default loads KDE during a session. Change this -as desired to load a different DE/WM. A similar script can be executed on a -per-user basis. See the sesman man page for more details. +/etc/xrdp/xrdp-xinitrc by default loads KDE during a X11rdp session. Change +this as desired to load a different DE/WM. A similar script can be executed +on a per-user basis by creating an executable script at ~/.xrdp-xinitrc. A +utility program, xrdp-xwmconfig, is included to allow you to use your xinit +scripts during X11rdp sessions. It works just like xwmconfig, so run it as +root to set the global default, or run it as a normal user to set only the +default for that user. See the sesman.ini man page for details about +defining different names or locations for the X11rdp startup scripts. |