How start user xrdp session without accessing it manually

[vijaykashyap123]

xrdp version

0.9.20

Detailed xrdp version, build options

So we have used this xrdp in our Oracle linux and enabled GUI , we access using rdp
I have edited your run.sh to create foo1,foo2,.....,etc users

As soon i start the xrdp and i do check for xrdp processes i see only these

ps -aux | grep xrdp
root 1 0.0 0.0 17344 7384 ? Ss 14:10 0:00 xrdp -n
root 134 0.0 0.0 10364 652 ? S 14:10 0:00 xrdp-sesman
root 180 0.0 0.0 3328 1404 pts/0 S+ 14:12 0:00 grep --color=auto xrdp

If I go and access the foo1 user from rdp only then the Screen starts xrdp and i see below process created for foo1

ps -aux | grep xrdp
root 1 0.0 0.0 17344 8176 ? Ss 17:44 0:00 xrdp -n
root 134 0.0 0.0 10492 2700 ? S 17:44 0:00 xrdp-sesman
root 185 0.0 0.0 14740 6944 ? S 17:51 0:00 xrdp-sesexec
user1 189 0.0 0.4 277648 77396 ? Sl 17:51 0:00 /usr/libexec/Xorg :10 -auth .Xauthority -config xrdp/xorg.conf -noreset -nolisten tcp -logfile .xorgxrdp.%s.log
user1 196 0.0 0.0 86204 4140 ? Sl 17:51 0:00 /usr/sbin/xrdp-chansrv

if i connect to foo2 user ,even that xrdp starts

So my question is there any other way to start this xrdp rather than going and logging in rdp client for each user?

If we create Large number of users , it becomes hard to access each GUI manually ,just to start it

Is there any steps or command i need to follow to do this or any config i need to change?

Operating system & version

oracle linux

Installation method

dnf / apt / zypper / pkg / etc

Which backend do you use?

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What desktop environment do you use?

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Environment xrdp running on

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What's your client?

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Area(s) with issue?

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Steps to reproduce

✔️ Expected Behavior

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❌ Actual Behavior

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[matt335672]

Hi @vijaykashyap123

you say that you're running xrdp v0.9.20, but your ps -ef command is consistent with xrdp v0.10.x.

For xrdp v0.10x, you can use the xrdp-sesrun command to start a session without logging in normally.

sudo -u foo1 xrdp-sesrun

This only works for local users, and not AD/Kerberos where a password is required. Because a password hasn't been entered, keyrings (etc) won't be unlocked.

man xrdp-sesrun will tell you about the parameters for the command.