RDP into a Linux box from Windows

Tutorial:xRDP-Windows-Linux

Use Windows Remote Desktop Protocol to log into a Linux machine. This tutorial is for primarily Centos 7 / Rhel 7 / Fedora

1.  Open up the terminal either locally or remotely
2.  Enter: vi /etc/yum.repos.d/xrdp.repo
3.  Enter the following content into vi editor:
   [xrdp]
   name=xrdp
   baseurl=http://li.nux.ro/download/nux/dextop/el7/x86_64/
   enabled=1
   gpgcheck=0
   
   Hit : and type wq! to save changes
4.  Enter: yum -y install xrdp tigervnc-server
5.  Enter: systemctl start xrdp.service
6. Verify xRDP start up service by entering: netstat -antup | grep xrdp
7. Configure Firewall IPTables
   firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-port=3389/tcp
   firewall-cmd --reload

Open up remote desktop and enter the Linux machines IP address and test connectivity.