This article will take you through how to install Xrdp on OpenSUSE. Xrdp is a free and open-source implementation of the Microsoft RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) server, it provides a graphical login to remote machines using RDP (Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol) and its transport is encrypted using TLS by default.
Some of Xrdp features;
- two-way clipboard transfer (text, bitmap, file)
- audio redirection
- drive redirection (mount local client drives on the remote machine)
How to Install Xrdp on OpenSUSE
- Update your packages.
sudo zypper update- Install Xrdp on OpenSUSE using the command below.
zypper install xrdpSample output
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Resolving package dependencies...
The following recommended package was automatically selected:
xorgxrdp
The following 2 NEW packages are going to be installed:
xorgxrdp xrdp
2 new packages to install.
Overall download size: 505.7 KiB. Already cached: 0 B. After the operation,
additional 2.3 MiB will be used.
Continue? [y/n/v/...? shows all options] (y): y
Retrieving package xrdp-0.9.19-1.1.x86_64 (1/2), 442.3 KiB ( 2.1 MiB unpacked)
Retrieving: xrdp-0.9.19-1.1.x86_64.rpm .....................[done (108.6 KiB/s)]
Retrieving package xorgxrdp-0.2.15-1.12.x86_64
(2/2), 63.4 KiB (155.0 KiB unpacked)
Retrieving: xorgxrdp-0.2.15-1.12.x86_64.rpm ..............................[done]
Checking for file conflicts: .............................................[done]
(1/2) Installing: xrdp-0.9.19-1.1.x86_64 .................................[done]
(2/2) Installing: xorgxrdp-0.2.15-1.12.x86_64 ............................[done]
- Enable Xrdp to start on boot.
sudo systemctl enable xrdp- Then start Xrdp using the following command.
sudo systemctl start xrdp- After starting Xrdp, it should be running. Check status using the command below.
sudo systemctl status xrdp Sample output
● xrdp.service - xrdp daemon
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/xrdp.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Thu 2022-06-30 11:32:01 EAT; 1min 21s ago
Docs: man:xrdp(8)
man:xrdp.ini(5)
Main PID: 6939 (xrdp)
Tasks: 1 (limit: 4588)
CPU: 5ms
CGroup: /system.slice/xrdp.service
└─ 6939 /usr/sbin/xrdp --nodaemon
Jun 30 11:32:01 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Started xrdp daemon.
- Allow Xrdp on your firewall.
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-service=ms-wbt- Reload your firewall to apply changes.
sudo firewall-cmd --reloadConnect to OpenSUSE Xrdp
- In this example, we will use Windows RDP. On the Windows start menu search for
mstscthen enter your OpenSUSE IP running Xrdp.
- When prompted to accept the connection, click the yes button to proceed.
- Input your OpenSUSE running Xrdp credentials then click the OK button. Note, log out of OpenSUSE running Xrdp to avoid a blank screen.
- After a successful connection, you will be able to access OpenSUSE running Xrdp.
- You have made it to the end of our article, congratulations. We have gone through how to install Xrdp on OpenSUSE.
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