xrdp broken after install

Question

Hi I installed xrdp a while back and it worked fine, I then tried to follow this tutorial to enable the clipboard (http://c-nergy.be/blog/?p=9285). I could then no longer RDP into the server and only connect via Putty.

I've tried to run the following commands to remove rdp

sudo apt-get remove xrdp
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove xrdp
sudo apt-get purge xrdp
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove xrdp

And then reboot and reinstall xrdp

sudo apt-get install xrdp

It then fails and i receive the following error:

● xrdp.service - xrdp daemon
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/xrdp.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: inactive (dead)
     Docs: man:xrdp(8)
           man:xrdp.ini(5)

Oct 19 17:06:15 iomad-test systemd[1]: Dependency failed for xrdp daemon.
Oct 19 17:06:15 iomad-test systemd[1]: xrdp.service: Job xrdp.service/start failed with result 'dependency'.
Oct 19 17:07:27 iomad-test systemd[1]: Dependency failed for xrdp daemon.
Oct 19 17:07:27 iomad-test systemd[1]: xrdp.service: Job xrdp.service/start failed with result 'dependency'.
Oct 19 17:10:09 iomad-test systemd[1]: Stopped xrdp daemon.
Oct 19 17:11:46 iomad-test systemd[1]: Dependency failed for xrdp daemon.
Oct 19 17:11:46 iomad-test systemd[1]: xrdp.service: Job xrdp.service/start failed with result 'dependency'.
Oct 19 17:16:19 iomad-test systemd[1]: Dependency failed for xrdp daemon.
Oct 19 17:16:19 iomad-test systemd[1]: xrdp.service: Job xrdp.service/start failed with result 'dependency'.
dpkg: error processing package xrdp (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 xrdp

Any ideas on how to reinstall xrdp and get it working again?

Solution

Yes I got stuck in the same situation but was able to restore to the xrdp from the repository. I spend many hours trying to find out how to undo the script.

Step 1. Remove the service files and the backup files.

sudo rm /lib/systemd/system/xrdp*

Step 2. Remove the new xrdp binaries (to make sure they do not end up in the classpath of the service).

sudo rm /usr/local/bin/xrdp*
sudo rm /usr/local/sbin/xrdp*

Step 3. Remove keys (got a 'security exception' in the client before removal)

sudo rm /etc/xrdp/rsakeys.ini

Comments

[Igor]

What I don't understand (I just encountered the same problem) is: why was it installed in the first place if I am expected to uninstall it? Can't I just find a way to have the new xrdp-service working?