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by scrooched_moose 2201 days ago
I haven't fully traced how it works, but Xrdp is built on top of a vnc backend (you can see the vnc folder in the github directory structure), but it manages all of the configuration and negotiations automatically.

If you do a `ps -ef | grep vnc` while you're connected via Xrdp you should find the underlying vnc sessions. Something like:

Xvnc :32 -auth .Xauthority -geometry 1920x1080 -depth 24 -rfbauth....

It's been a bit mixed for us. As a sysadmin for non-technical users who need some linux access, it's wonderful because it's so much easier for them to connect. The stability has left quite a bit to be desired though - I have to nuke quite a few sessions and have them start from scratch.