Install xrdp on CentOS 8

NOTE: Before installing xrdp add any secondary language you need to your system
by using, NOT an RDP connection, but a direct access to it, i.e. through a console of the virtualization system if it’s a VM

You may need to install EPEL repository, if it is not already installed.

# check if epel-release is installed sudo yum repolist  # if not, then install it sudo yum install epel-release

Install xrdp

# install xrdp, enable the daemon and start it sudo yum install xrdp sudo systemctl enable xrdp --now sudo systemctl start xrdp  # check the status sudo systemctl status xrdp  # add the xrdp in the current zones of the firewall sudo firewall-cmd --new-zone=xrdp --permanent  # add port 3389 to xrdp sudo firewall-cmd --zone=xrdp --add-port=3389/tcp --permanent  # google for "what is my public ip address" to find you public IP sudo firewall-cmd --zone=xrdp --add-source=PUBLIC_IP_ADDRESS --permanent  # reload firewall daemon sudo firewall-cmd --reload  # do not forget to restart the service (or the machine) sudo systemctl restart xrdp

Alas! switching languages not working at all

Switching languages not working at all.

PLEASE: If you find a solution on how to make switching languages to work properly
when connecting from a MS Windows system to CentOS through xrdp, please, let me know.

Tested on:

• CentOS 8 Stream

Last modified: September 20, 2022