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rdesktop - Remote Desktop Protocol client |
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rdesktop [options] server[:port] |
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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. |
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-u <username> |
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Username for authentication on the terminal server. |
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-d <domain> |
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Domain for authentication. |
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-s <shell> |
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Startup shell for the user - starts a specific application instead of Explorer. |
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-S <button size> |
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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. |
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-c <directory> |
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The initial working directory for the user. Often used in combination with -s to set up a fixed login environment. |
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-p <password> |
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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). |
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-n <hostname> |
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Client hostname. Normally rdesktop automatically obtains the hostname of the client. |
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-k <layout> |
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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). |
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-g <geometry> |
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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. |
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-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. |
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-b |
Force the server to send screen updates as bitmaps rather than using higher-level drawing operations. |
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-e |
Disable encryption. This option is only needed (and will only work) if you have a French version of NT TSE. |
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-m |
Do not send mouse motion events. This saves bandwidth, although some Windows applications may rely on receiving mouse motion. |
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-C |
Use private colourmap. This will improve colour accuracy on an 8-bit display, but rdesktop will appear in false colour when not focused. |
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-K |
Do not override window manager key bindings. By default rdesktop attempts to grab all keyboard input when it is in focus. |
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-T <title> |
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Window title. |
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-D |
Hide window manager decorations, by using MWM hints. |
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Main website of rdesktop |