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RDP in FreeBSD

December 23 2016
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freebsd,  rdp,  desktop 

In order to enable RDP in FreeBSD, perform the following steps,

  1. Install any desktop environment of your choice
  2. pkg install xrdp
  3. Edit /etc/rc.conf
xrdp_enable="YES"
xrdp_sesman_enable="YES"
  1. Update SESSIONS variable in /usr/local/etc/xrdp/startwm.sh (e.g. startxfce4, startkde, mate-session, lxsession)
  2. Restart service service xrdp restart