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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.

       -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/

								   October 2002 						       rdesktop(1)