xrdp session autologin?

[es-fabricemarie]

Hi,

I want to use xrdp with a single session, where the user is already logged-in.

The idea is for any RDP client to login to the xrdp service, and immediately get in into the machine, with no question asked.
Obviously it has to be used securely (my xrdp on a VM and the hypervisor is localhost, so it's very specific).

I have the following configuration in xrdp.ini:

[Globals]
...
autorun=Xvnc
...

[Xvnc]
name=default
lib=libvnc.so
username=dummyUser
password=dummyPassword
ip=127.0.0.1
port=5900
chansrvport=/run/xrdp/0/xrdp_chansrv_socket_0

If I use an RDP client and configure it to provide dummyUser/dummyPassword then it works exactly as expected.
However, I am faced with an RDP client that does not let the administrator configure that (vmconnect.exe).
So the user always get greeted with the blue xrdp login screen and has to click OK.
I can't use regular MS RDP client for many reasons.

I couldn't find any option to do the kind of autologin I am looking for (bypass the blue xrdp login screen).

Could you please advise where I'd have to patch if I wanted to add an insecure (but I would document it as such) option called probably autosession=true ?
When filled, xrdp would automatically start the session from the section mentioned by autorun, using the username/password mentioned in that section (or directly if chansrvport is already filled (exactly like if the user provided dummyUsername/dummyPassword parameters).

[matt335672]

Hi @es-fabricemarie

We've discussed autologin in the past - the most recent discussion is in #3305. That contains code which will let you get started.

Be aware, that this isn't a feature we'd consider merging into the main product, because of the reasons outlined in the above PR and linked issues. We're always happy to chat about this however.

[es-fabricemarie]

Thanks. That's perfect.