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1  .TH RDESKTOP 1 "September 2002" "Manual page for rdesktop"  .TH rdesktop 1 "October 2002"
 .\"  
 .\" Man page author:  
 .\"    Hugo Trippaers <spark@ision.nl>  
 .\"    Peter Åstrand <peter@cendio.se>  
2  .SH NAME  .SH NAME
3  .I rdesktop  .I rdesktop
4  \- Remote Desktop Protocol client  \- Remote Desktop Protocol client
5  .SH SYNOPSIS  .SH SYNOPSIS
6  .B rdesktop [options] server  .B rdesktop [options] server[:port]
7  .br  .br
8  .SH DESCRIPTION  .SH DESCRIPTION
9  .I rdesktop  .I rdesktop
10  is a client for Windows NT4 Terminal Server and Windows 2000 Terminal  is a client for Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), used in a number of Microsoft
11  Services.  rdesktop implements the RDP version 4 protocol, which used  products including Windows NT Terminal Server, Windows 2000 Server, Windows XP
12  by Windows NT4 Terminal Server, and parts of RDP version 5, which is  and Windows 2003 Server.
 used by Windows 2000 Terminal Services.  
13    
14  .SH OPTIONS  .SH OPTIONS
15  .TP  .TP
16  .BR "-u <username>"  .BR "-u <username>"
17  The username for authentication on the terminal server, together with -p  Username for authentication on the server.
 this can be used for autologon.  
18  .TP  .TP
19  .BR "-d <domain>"  .BR "-d <domain>"
20  The domain to to which the user belongs.  Domain for authentication.
21  .TP  .TP
22  .BR "-s <shell>"  .BR "-s <shell>"
23  The startup shell for the user.  Use this to start a specific application,  Startup shell for the user - starts a specific application instead of Explorer.
 instead of a regular desktop.  
24  .TP  .TP
25  .BR "-c <directory>"  .BR "-c <directory>"
26  The current working directory for the user.  Often used in combination with -s  The initial working directory for the user.  Often used in combination with -s
27  to setup a fixed environment for the user after logon.  to set up a fixed login environment.
28  .TP  .TP
29  .BR "-p <password>"  .BR "-p <password>"
30  The password to authenticate with, used in combination with -u for  The password to authenticate with.  Note that this may have no effect if
31  autologon.   Use -p - to make rdesktop request a password at startup.  "Always prompt for password" is enabled on the server.  WARNING: if you specify
32  WARNING: the -p <password> option will be visible to all users when  a password on the command line it may be visible to other users when they use
33  they use tools like ps.  The -P option is safer.  tools like ps.  Use -p - to make rdesktop request a password at startup (from
34  .TP  standard input).
35  .BR "-P <program>"  .TP
36  The program to fetch the password from.  The program will be executed,  .BR "-n <hostname>"
37  and the output will be used as the password.  This is a safe way to  Client hostname.  Normally rdesktop automatically obtains the hostname of the
38  transfer the password to rdesktop.  client.
 .TP  
 .BR "-n <name>"  
 Client name.  The default is the hostname.  
39  .TP  .TP
40  .BR "-k <layout>"  .BR "-k <layout>"
41  keyboard layout on terminal server (us,sv,gr etc.)  Keyboard layout to emulate.  This requires a corresponding keymap file to be
42    installed.  The standard keymaps provided with rdesktop follow the RFC1766
43    naming scheme: a language code followed by a country code if necessary - e.g.
44    en-us, en-gb, de, fr, sv, etc.  The default is en-us (a US keyboard).
45  .TP  .TP
46  .BR "-g <geometry>"  .BR "-g <geometry>"
47  Desktop geometry (WxH).  Desktop geometry (WxH). If geometry is the special word "workarea", the geometry
48    will be fetched from the extended window manager hints property _NET_WORKAREA, from
49    the root window. The geometry can also be specified as a percentage of the whole
50    screen, e.g. "-g 80%".
51  .TP  .TP
52  .BR "-f"  .BR "-f"
53  Enable fullscreen mode.  The -g option will be ignored when using -f,  Enable fullscreen mode.  This overrides the window manager and causes the
54  rdesktop will get the current height and width from the current  rdesktop window to fully cover the current screen.  Fullscreen mode can be
55  desktop.  toggled at any time using Ctrl-Alt-Enter.
56  .TP  .TP
57  .BR "-b"  .BR "-b"
58  Force bitmap updates.  Force the server to send screen updates as bitmaps rather than using
59    higher-level drawing operations.
60  .TP  .TP
61  .BR "-e"  .BR "-e"
62  Do not use encryption, this is only for people who are not allowed to  Disable encryption.  This option is only needed (and will only work) if you
63  use encryption in Windows products.  If you live in France you  have a French version of NT TSE.
64  probably need this switch.  .TP
65    .BR "-E"
66    Disable encryption from client to server.  This sends an encrypted login packet,
67    but everything after this is unencrypted (including interactive logins).
68  .TP  .TP
69  .BR "-m"  .BR "-m"
70  Do not send motion events.  Do not send mouse motion events.  This saves bandwidth, although some Windows
71    applications may rely on receiving mouse motion.
72  .TP  .TP
73  .BR "-l"  .BR "-C"
74  Do not request licence.  Use private colourmap.  This will improve colour accuracy on an 8-bit display,
75    but rdesktop will appear in false colour when not focused.
76  .TP  .TP
77  .BR "-t <port>"  .BR "-D"
78  Connect to this TCP port. The default is 3389.  Hide window manager decorations, by using MWM hints.
79  .TP  .TP
80  .BR "-K"  .BR "-K"
81  Keep window manager key bindings.  Do not override window manager key bindings.  By default rdesktop attempts
82    to grab all keyboard input when it is in focus.
83    .TP
84    .BR "-S <button size>"
85    Enable single application mode. This option can be used when running a
86    single, maximized application (via -s). When the minimize button of
87    the windows application is pressed, the rdesktop window is minimized
88    instead of the remote application. The maximize/restore button is
89    disabled. For this to work, you must specify the correct button
90    size, in pixels. The special word "standard" means 18 pixels.
91    .TP
92    .BR "-T <title>"
93    Sets the window title.
94    .TP
95    .BR "-a <bpp>"
96    Sets the colour depth for the connection (8, 15, 16 or 24).
97    More than 8 bpp are only supported when connecting to Windows XP
98    (up to 16 bpp) or newer.  Note that the colour depth may also be
99    limited by the server configuration.
100    .TP
101    .BR "-r <device>"
102    Enable redirection of the specified device on the client, such
103    that it appears on the server.  The only device currently supported
104    is "sound" (requires Windows XP or newer).  Note that the allowed
105    redirections may be restricted by the server configuration.
106    .TP
107    .BR "-0"
108    Attach to the console of the server (requires Windows Server 2003
109    or newer).
110  .TP  .TP
111  .BR "-w <title>"  .BR "-4"
112  Set window title to <title>.  Use RDP version 4.
113    .TP
114    .BR "-5"
115    Use RDP version 5 (default).
116    
117  .PP  .PP
 .SH "RETURN VALUES"  
 None are defined (yet).  
118  .SH LINKS  .SH LINKS
119  Main website of rdesktop  Main website of rdesktop
120  .br  .br
121  \fIhttp://www.rdesktop.org  \fIhttp://www.rdesktop.org/
 .LP  
 .SH BUGS  
 We suggest you visit the website at http://www.rdesktop.org and follow  
 the links to the Bug Tracker.  
 .SH VERSION  
 This manual page documents version 1.2.  
 .SH AUTHOR  
 rdesktop is written by Matt Chapman <matthewc@cse.unsw.edu.au>  
122  .LP  .LP
 The following persons have contributed to the project:  
 .LP  
 Peter Bystrom <peter.bystrom@ub.oru.se>  
 .br  
 Hugo Trippaers <spark@ision.nl>  
 .br  
 Jay Sorg  
 .br  
 Peter Åstrand  
 .SH THANKS  
 Thanks to all the mailinglist members for their contributions to rdesktop.  
123  .PP  .PP

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