In this article we will cover how to configure Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) on Kali Linux using Xfce.

There are a few ways to do this, but I think the easiest way to configure and enable RDP is to add the following script to your Kali Linux client.

Create the following file:

sudo nano rdp.sh

Add the following script:

#!/bin/sh
echo "[i] Updating and upgrading Kali (this will take a while)"
apt-get update
apt-get full-upgrade -y

echo "[i] Installing Xfce4 & xrdp (this will take a while as well)"
apt-get install -y kali-desktop-xfce xorg xrdp

echo "[i] Configuring xrdp to listen to port 3390 (but not starting the service)"
sed -i 's/port=3389/port=3390/g' /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini

Save the script and then run the following:

chmod +x rdp.sh

Run the script:

./rdp.sh

The script will take some time to run but once it has finished, start xrdp using the following command:

systemctl start xrdp

(Optional) Validate that the service has started:

systemctl status xrdp

Once the service has started, using your RDP client, connect to the Kali Linux host.