How to do Remote Desktop to Linux Box (RDP)

Often we need into a situation where we want to do a remote desktop to Linux Machines, there are plenty of ways to access Linux Machines remotely

One of them is XRDP, its a lightweight server you install on Linux box and from Windows you can do RDP to your linux Box.

Here are 5 easy steps to install and configure on your Linux Box

01. Download the source code from 
http://sourceforge.net/projects/xrdp/?source=directory


02.  copy the contents to /usr/locale
       cp xrdp.x.x.tar.gz /usr/local

03.  gunzip -c xrdp.x.x.tar.gz | tar xvf -
04.  change to the xrdp directory and run
./bootstrap
./configure
make
then as root
make install

05. To Start XRDP, go to /etc/xrdp

./xrdp.sh start

To Sto p

./xrdp.sh stop


From Windows machine, you can do mstsc/RDP to the linux  box now :)