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NAME

       xfreerdp - FreeRDP X11 client

SYNOPSIS

       xfreerdp [options] server[:port] [[options] server[:port] ...]

DESCRIPTION

       xfreerdp is an X11 Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) client which is part of the FreeRDP project. An RDP server is built-in to many editions of
       Windows. Alternative servers included xrdp and VRDP (VirtualBox).

OPTIONS

       -0
	   Attach to the admin console of the server.

       -a bpp
	   Sets the color depth for the connection to bpp bits per pixel. Valid values are 8, 15, 16, 24 and 32. The default value is the color
	   depth of the FreeRDP-window.

       -c dir
	   Sets the working-dir to dir. This parameter is only used when an AlternateShell (-s shell) is requested.  dir should contain the
	   executable file specified in the AlternateShell.

       -D
	   Removes the windows decorations.

       -d
	   Domain used in authentication.

       -f
	   start in full screen mode. This mode can always be en- and disabled using Ctrl-Alt-Enter.

       -T text
	   Sets the window title to text.

       -g geometry
	   Sets the size of the FreeRDP window (and of the remote desktop, when establishing a new connection).  geometry can have one of the
	   following forms:

	   o	WxH - in this case the resulting window will be of WxH pixels.

	   o	P% - in this case the resulting window will be P% of your screen.

	   o   The special keyword workarea - in this case the resulting window will be of the same size as your workarea.

       -k id
	   Sets the keyboard-layout-id to id.

       -m
	   Don't send mouse motion events.

       -n hostname
	   Set the reported client hostname to hostname. Default is to automatically detect the hostname.

       -o
	   Play audio on the console instead of redirecting to the client.

       -p password
	   Password used in authentication.

       -s shell
	   Sets the startup-shell to shell. This parameter should contain a complete path to the alternate shell. If the alternete shell requires
	   a different working directory use -c dir.

       -t port
	   Connect to port, instead of the default 3389.

       -u username
	   Username used in authentication.

       -x flag
	   Set the experiance performance flags.  flag can be one of:

	   o   m - (modem): Equivalent to 15.

	   o   b - (broadband): Equivalent to 1.

	   o   l - (lan): Equivalent to 0.

	   o	num - A hexadecimal number that represents a bit-mask, were numbers mean the following [1]:

	       o   1: Disable desktop wallpaper.

	       o   2: Disable full-window drag (only the window outline is displayed when the window is moved).

	       o   4: Disable menu animations.

	       o   8: Disable user interface themes.

	       o   20: Disable mouse cursor shadows.

	       o   40: Disable cursor blinking.

	       o   80: Enable font smoothing.

	       o   100: Enable Desktop Composition.

       -z
	   Enable compression.

       --app
	   initialize a RemoteApp connection. This implies -g workarea.

       --ext
	   load an extension

       --no-auth
	   Skips authentication. This is useful e.g. for the current FreeRDP server that doesn't yet support server-side authentication.

       --no-fastpath
	   Disables fast-path. Use slow-path packets instead, which have larger headers. It might be good for debugging certain issues when you
	   suspect it might be linked to the parsing of one of the two header types.

       --gdi
	   GDI rendering backend.  backend can be either sw (software) or hw (hardware).

       --no-osb
	   Disable off screen bitmaps.

       --no-bmp-cache
	   Disable bitmap cache.

       --plugin
	   load a plugin

       --rfx
	   Enable RemoteFX.

       --rfx-mode
	   RemoteFX operational flags.	flags can be either v[ideo], i[mage]), default is video.

       --nsc
	   Enable NSCodec.

       --disable-wallpaper
	   Disable wallpaper.

       --composition
	   Enable composition (RDVH only, not to be confused with remote composition).

       --disable-full-window-drag
	   Disable full window drag.

       --disable-menu-animations
	   Disable menu animations.

       --disable-theming
	   Disable theming.

       --no-rdp
	   Disable Standard RDP encryption.

       --no-tls
	   Disable TLS encryption.

       --no-nla
	   Disable network level authentication.

       --sec proto
	   force protocol security.  proto can be one of rdp, tls or nla.

       --ntlm
	   force NTLM protocol version.  version can be one of 1 or 2.

       --ignore-certificate
	   ignore verification of logon certificate.

       --version
	   Print version information.

LINKS

       http://www.freerdp.com/

AUTHOR

       The FreeRDP Team

NOTES

	1. Taken from MS-RDPBCGR Section 2.2.1.11.1.1.1 - Extended Info Packet

	2. MS-RDPBCGR Section 2.2.1.11.1.1.1 - Extended Info Packet
	   http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc240476%28v=prot.10%29.aspx

freerdp 							    2011-08-27							       XFREERDP(1)