rdesktop/doc/rdesktop.1

.TH rdesktop 1 "October 2002"
.SH NAME
.I rdesktop
\- Remote Desktop Protocol client
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B rdesktop [options] server[:port]
.br
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I 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.

.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.BR "-u <username>"
Username for authentication on the terminal server.
.TP
.BR "-d <domain>"
Domain for authentication.
.TP
.BR "-s <shell>"
Startup shell for the user - starts a specific application instead of Explorer.
.TP
.BR "-S <button size>"
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. 
.TP
.BR "-c <directory>"
The initial working directory for the user.  Often used in combination with -s
to set up a fixed login environment.
.TP
.BR "-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).
.TP
.BR "-n <hostname>"
Client hostname.  Normally rdesktop automatically obtains the hostname of the
client.
.TP
.BR "-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).
.TP
.BR "-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. The geometry can also be specified in terms of percent of the whole
screen, like "-g 80%". 
.TP
.BR "-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.
.TP
.BR "-b"
Force the server to send screen updates as bitmaps rather than using
higher-level drawing operations.
.TP
.BR "-e"
Disable encryption.  This option is only needed (and will only work) if you
have a French version of NT TSE.
.TP
.BR "-m"
Do not send mouse motion events.  This saves bandwidth, although some Windows
applications may rely on receiving mouse motion.
.TP
.BR "-C"
Use private colourmap.  This will improve colour accuracy on an 8-bit display,
but rdesktop will appear in false colour when not focused.
.TP
.BR "-K"
Do not override window manager key bindings.  By default rdesktop attempts
to grab all keyboard input when it is in focus.
.TP
.BR "-T <title>"
Window title.
.TP
.BR "-D"
Hide window manager decorations, by using MWM hints. 

.PP
.SH LINKS
Main website of rdesktop
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\fIhttp://www.rdesktop.org/
.LP
.PP
1	.TH rdesktop 1 "October 2002"
2	.SH NAME
3	.I rdesktop
4	\- Remote Desktop Protocol client
5	.SH SYNOPSIS
6	.B rdesktop [options] server[:port]
7	.br
8	.SH DESCRIPTION
9	.I rdesktop
10	is a client for Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server, Windows 2000 Terminal
11	Services, Windows XP Remote Desktop, and possibly other Terminal Services
12	products. rdesktop currently implements the RDP version 4 protocol.
13
14	.SH OPTIONS
15	.TP
16	.BR "-u <username>"
17	Username for authentication on the terminal server.
18	.TP
19	.BR "-d <domain>"
20	Domain for authentication.
21	.TP
22	.BR "-s <shell>"
23	Startup shell for the user - starts a specific application instead of Explorer.
24	.TP
25	.BR "-S <button size>"
26	Enable single application mode. This option can be used when running a
27	single, maximized application (via -s). When the minimize button of
28	the windows application is pressed, the rdesktop window is minimized
29	instead of the remote application. The maximize/restore button is
30	disabled. For this to work, you must specify the correct button
31	size, in pixels. The special word "standard" means 18 pixels.
32	.TP
33	.BR "-c <directory>"
34	The initial working directory for the user. Often used in combination with -s
35	to set up a fixed login environment.
36	.TP
37	.BR "-p <password>"
38	The password to authenticate with. Note that this may have no effect if
39	"Always prompt for password" is enabled on the server. WARNING: if you specify
40	a password on the command line it may be visible to other users when they use
41	tools like ps. Use -p - to make rdesktop request a password at startup (from
42	standard input).
43	.TP
44	.BR "-n <hostname>"
45	Client hostname. Normally rdesktop automatically obtains the hostname of the
46	client.
47	.TP
48	.BR "-k <layout>"
49	Keyboard layout to emulate. This requires a corresponding keymap file to be
50	installed. The standard keymaps provided with rdesktop follow the RFC1766
51	naming scheme: a language code followed by a country code if necessary - e.g.
52	en-us, en-gb, de, fr, sv, etc. The default is en-us (a US keyboard).
53	.TP
54	.BR "-g <geometry>"
55	Desktop geometry (WxH). If geometry is the special word "workarea", the geometry
56	will be fetched from the extended window manager hints property _NET_WORKAREA, from
57	the root window. The geometry can also be specified in terms of percent of the whole
58	screen, like "-g 80%".
59	.TP
60	.BR "-f"
61	Enable fullscreen mode. This overrides the window manager and causes the
62	rdesktop window to fully cover the current screen. Fullscreen mode can be
63	toggled at any time using Ctrl-Alt-Enter.
64	.TP
65	.BR "-b"
66	Force the server to send screen updates as bitmaps rather than using
67	higher-level drawing operations.
68	.TP
69	.BR "-e"
70	Disable encryption. This option is only needed (and will only work) if you
71	have a French version of NT TSE.
72	.TP
73	.BR "-m"
74	Do not send mouse motion events. This saves bandwidth, although some Windows
75	applications may rely on receiving mouse motion.
76	.TP
77	.BR "-C"
78	Use private colourmap. This will improve colour accuracy on an 8-bit display,
79	but rdesktop will appear in false colour when not focused.
80	.TP
81	.BR "-K"
82	Do not override window manager key bindings. By default rdesktop attempts
83	to grab all keyboard input when it is in focus.
84	.TP
85	.BR "-T <title>"
86	Window title.
87	.TP
88	.BR "-D"
89	Hide window manager decorations, by using MWM hints.
90
91	.PP
92	.SH LINKS
93	Main website of rdesktop
94	.br
95	\fIhttp://www.rdesktop.org/
96	.LP
97	.PP