rdesktop(1) General Commands Manual rdesktop(1)
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)