Informational

apt-get update && apt-get upgrade

apt-get dist-upgrade

In order to install the RDP server you run the following command from a terminal window:

apt-get install xrdp

After xrdp is installed you can start the server with the following command:

service xrdp start

service xrdp-sesman start

If want it to auto start after reboot you need to run this command also:
update-rc.d xrdp enable


The only problem is that right now there is a bug in the distro (kali/debian with GNOME) causing both VNC and RDP to cause this error message after login:


Uninstall the Gnome-desktop and use another window manager:

apt-get remove gnome-core

apt-get install xfce4

A full list of windows managers can be found here:

https://forums.kali.org/showthread.php?17716-How-to-install-remove-different-Desktop-Window-Manager-in-Kali-Linux-1-x

This is if you use 32 bit color depth in the RDP client. Use a lower number and you should be good.