XRDP and VNC freezes Debian 9 VM on VMware ESXi

I’ve installed Debian 9.3 stable on a VM in ESXi 6.5.0d. I’m running XFCE 4 as the desktop environment and have XRDP installed. I’m using the default configuration with exception of setting the session using: echo “xfce4-session” > ~/.xsession and changing the file /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config to set the flag: allowed_users=anybody After a reboot of ESXi, Remote … Read more

Multiple users and multiple VPN

I’ve been trying for the last few days to accomplish the following task: I need to create a multi user environment for more than 5 users simultaneously and each user needs it’s own different ip, but it can’t be through SOCKS proxy, it must be something like VPN that affect all applications open on that … Read more

needrestart keeps restarting some failed services

I get this message in logs: Jan 16 06:01:02 examplehost systemd[1]: xrdp-sesman.service: Unit entered failed state. This may stem from the fact that I disconnected from xrdp session without logging out. OK, so I run needrestart. It keeps restarting the service over and over: root@examplehost ~ % needrestart Scanning processes… Scanning candidates… Scanning processor microcode… … Read more

Issues with expired passwords using XRDP in CentOS

I am running a series of docker containers running an xfce desktop which can only be accessed via xrdp. I set password restrictions and expired the current passwords of all users expecting to get a prompt through xrdp on the next login to change the password. I would expect, once the user enters their (now … Read more

How to interpret this yum dependency error?

I’m trying to install XRDP and I’m hitting the following: [root@box ~]# yum -y install xrdp Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: centos.serverspace.co.uk * epel: mirrors.coreix.net * extras: mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net * updates: mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net Resolving Dependencies –> Running transaction check —> Package xrdp.x86_64 1:0.9.10-1.el7 will be installed –> Processing Dependency: xrdp-selinux … Read more

CentOS 8 syslog entrys for xrdp & mariadb

I recently took a look into my syslog /var/log/messages and noticed two repeating entries that I don’t understand: The log is full (and I mean full) of: xrdp[959]: [INFO ] Socket 12: AF_INET connection received from <IP and Port goes here> xrdp[959]: [DEBUG] Closed socket 12 (AF_INET <IP and Port goes here>) xrdp and gui … Read more

How best to connect a Windows 10 laptop to a RHEL 8 virtual machine?

I use a Windows 10 PC to log into and work on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 system every day. I have been using xpra to talk to it. Xpra dies every few minutes for a few seconds. Very irritating. I’m told that RHEL8 doesn’t support xrdp. Yes, I need X-Windows support. I need … Read more

xrdp not connecting on centos 8, how to fix that?

I have used below steps on my cloud machine. Allowed all ports on azure machine(No security for testing). Installed GUI. sudo dnf groupinstall “Server with GUI” installed xrdp and vnc. sudo dnf install epel-release yum install xrdp tigervnc-server -y sudo systemctl enable xrdp –now Added exception: sudo firewall-cmd –add-port=3389/tcp –permanent sudo firewall-cmd –reload Added a … Read more