XRDP

[Jam Master J]

Good Morning,

New to Linux..

I'm trying to use xrdp on my CentOS 7 from my windows 10 but can't connect.

I installed xrdp - yum install xrdp

That worked fine. But when starting RDP on the Windows machine and putting in the IP, I get:

Remote Desktop can't connect to the remote computer for one of these reasons:
1) Remote access to the server is not enabled
2) The remote computer is turned off
3) The remote computer is not available on the network

Make sure the remote computer is turned on and connected to the network, and that remote access is enabled.


Remote Access Not enabled seems like the most likely issue to me but I don't seem t be able to find much on that.

Thanks!

[TrevorH]

You'll need to open the right port in the firewall. If you've taken the defaults then you probably have firewalld running so use man firewall-cmd to read about how.

[Jam Master J]

Thanks I looked at it and it didn't explain much so I:

Turned off the firewall: systemctl stop firewalld.service

No luck. Turned the firewall back on.

Tested RDP from my windows 10 to my windows 7 machine and that worked.

[Jam Master J]

OK.. So I said I was new..

Looks like I needed to start it, I did:
sudo xrdp

Now it connects (firewall off) but doesn't accept my login just hangs after I click ok