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Using XRDP to connect linux to Windows PC from LINUX Client


Has anyone successfully used XRDP/freeRDP to remote login to a Windows PC from a LINUX Client? I did some research on the matter and I found there may be incompatibility issues. However those posts were quite old.

I would like to use the latest XRDP or freeRDP

The site says the following: "The goal of this project is to provide a fully functional Linux terminal server, capable of accepting connections from rdesktop, freerdp, and Microsoft's own terminal server / remote desktop clients.

Unlike Windows NT/2000/2003/2008/2012 server, xrdp will not display a Windows desktop but an X window desktop to the user.

So it sounds like I can communicate between a Linux Box and Windows. But it sounds like the Windows PC can only be the client logging into a Linux Server and not vice-versa."

Is this true?


Solution

  • That's not true. You can using a freeRDP client in Linux connecting to a server on Windows. I've just tried the latest freeRDP code in Ubuntu, and I've tested Win7/Win10, both are OK.

    Follow the instruction of freeRDP in the following link: https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/wiki/Compilation and hope you make it.

    Ps: There may be some connectivity issues, like firewall or something, just google it.