Installing XRDP on Ubuntu Server for RDP connection

1. install the Ubuntu Desktop environment and a RDP Server:

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop xrdp

 

2. create a new user and add grant sudo rights:

sudo adduser USERNAME
sudo adduser USERNAME sudo

 

3. set users xsession configuration:

sudo su USERNAME
echo 'gnome-session --session=ubuntu-2d' > ~/.xsession

 

4. now you can connect via rdp to your server.