                                  rdesktop

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
LINKS
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NAME

        rdesktop - Remote Desktop Protocol client

SYNOPSIS

        rdesktop [options] server[:port]

DESCRIPTION

        rdesktop is a client for Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server,
        Windows 2000 Terminal Services, Windows XP Remote Desktop, and
        possibly other Terminal Services products. rdesktop currently
        implements the RDP version 4 protocol.

OPTIONS

        -u <username>

                Username for authentication on the terminal server.

        -d <domain>

                Domain for authentication.

        -s <shell>

                Startup shell for the user - starts a specific application
                instead of Explorer.

        -S <button size>

                Enable single application mode. This option can be used
                when running a single, maximized application (via -s). When
                the minimize button of the windows application is pressed,
                the rdesktop window is minimized instead of the remote
                application. The maximize/restore button is disabled. For
                this to work, you must specify the correct button size, in
                pixels. The special word "standard" means 18 pixels.

        -c <directory>

                The initial working directory for the user. Often used in
                combination with -s to set up a fixed login environment.

        -p <password>

                The password to authenticate with. Note that this may have
                no effect if "Always prompt for password" is enabled on the
                server. WARNING: if you specify a password on the command
                line it may be visible to other users when they use tools
                like ps. Use -p - to make rdesktop request a password at
                startup (from standard input).

        -n <hostname>

                Client hostname. Normally rdesktop automatically obtains
                the hostname of the client.

        -k <layout>

                Keyboard layout to emulate. This requires a corresponding
                keymap file to be installed. The standard keymaps provided
                with rdesktop follow the RFC1766 naming scheme: a language
                code followed by a country code if necessary - e.g. en-us,
                en-gb, de, fr, sv, etc. The default is en-us (a US
                keyboard).

        -g <geometry>

                Desktop geometry (WxH). If geometry is the special word
                "workarea", the geometry will be fetched from the extended
                window manager hints property _NET_WORKAREA, from the root
                window.

         -f    Enable fullscreen mode. This overrides the window manager
               and causes the rdesktop window to fully cover the current
               screen. Fullscreen mode can be toggled at any time using
               Ctrl-Alt-Enter.
         -b    Force the server to send screen updates as bitmaps rather
               than using higher-level drawing operations.
         -e    Disable encryption. This option is only needed (and will
               only work) if you have a French version of NT TSE.
         -m    Do not send mouse motion events. This saves bandwidth,
               although some Windows applications may rely on receiving
               mouse motion.
         -C    Use private colourmap. This will improve colour accuracy on
               an 8-bit display, but rdesktop will appear in false colour
               when not focused.
         -K    Do not override window manager key bindings. By default
               rdesktop attempts to grab all keyboard input when it is in
               focus.

        -T <title>

                Window title.

        -D          Hide window manager decorations, by using MWM hints.

LINKS

        Main website of rdesktop
        http://www.rdesktop.org/

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