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.TH rdesktop 1 "November 2005"
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\- Remote Desktop Protocol client
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.B rdesktop [options] server[:port]
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is a client for Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), used in a number of Microsoft
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products including Windows NT Terminal Server, Windows 2000 Server, Windows XP
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and Windows 2003 Server.
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Username for authentication on the server.
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Domain for authentication.
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Startup shell for the user - starts a specific application instead of Explorer.
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The initial working directory for the user. Often used in combination with -s
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to set up a fixed login environment.
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The password to authenticate with. Note that this may have no effect if
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"Always prompt for password" is enabled on the server. WARNING: if you specify
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a password on the command line it may be visible to other users when they use
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tools like ps. Use -p - to make rdesktop request a password at startup (from
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Client hostname. Normally rdesktop automatically obtains the hostname of the
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.BR "-k <keyboard-map>"
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Keyboard layout to emulate. This requires a corresponding keymap file to be
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installed. The standard keymaps provided with rdesktop follow the RFC1766
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naming scheme: a language code followed by a country code if necessary - e.g.
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en-us, en-gb, de, fr, sv, etc.
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The default keyboard map depends on the current locale (LC_* and LANG
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environment variables). If the current locale is unknown, the default
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keyboard map is en-us (a US English keyboard).
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The keyboard maps are file names, which means that they are case
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sensitive. The standard keymaps are all in lowercase.
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The keyboard maps are searched relative to the directories
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$HOME/.rdesktop/keymaps, KEYMAP_PATH (specified at build time), and
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$CWD/keymaps, in this order. The keyboard-map argument can also be an
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The special value `none' can be used instead of a keyboard map.
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In this case, rdesktop will guess the scancodes from the X11 event key
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codes using an internal mapping method. This method only supports the
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basic alphanumeric keys and may not work properly on all platforms
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so its use is discouraged.
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Desktop geometry (WxH). If geometry is the special word "workarea", the geometry
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will be fetched from the extended window manager hints property _NET_WORKAREA, from
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the root window. The geometry can also be specified as a percentage of the whole
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screen, e.g. "-g 80%".
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Enable fullscreen mode. This overrides the window manager and causes the
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rdesktop window to fully cover the current screen. Fullscreen mode can be
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toggled at any time using Ctrl-Alt-Enter.
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Force the server to send screen updates as bitmaps rather than using
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higher-level drawing operations.
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Enable SeamlessRDP. In this mode, rdesktop creates a X11 window for
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each window on the server side. This mode requires the SeamlessRDP
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server side component, which is available from
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\fIhttp://www.cendio.com/seamlessrdp/\fR.
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When using this option, you should specify a startup shell which
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launches the desired application through SeamlessRDP.
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Example: rdesktop -A -s 'seamlessrdpshell notepad'.
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Use the BackingStore of the Xserver instead of the integrated one in
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Disable encryption. This option is only needed (and will only work) if you
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have a French version of NT TSE.
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Disable encryption from client to server. This sends an encrypted login packet,
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but everything after this is unencrypted (including interactive logins).
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Do not send mouse motion events. This saves bandwidth, although some Windows
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applications may rely on receiving mouse motion.
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Use private colourmap. This will improve colour accuracy on an 8-bit display,
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but rdesktop will appear in false colour when not focused.
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Hide window manager decorations, by using MWM hints.
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Do not override window manager key bindings. By default rdesktop attempts
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to grab all keyboard input when it is in focus.
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.BR "-S <button size>"
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Enable single application mode. This option can be used when running a
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single, maximized application (via -s). When the minimize button of
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the windows application is pressed, the rdesktop window is minimized
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instead of the remote application. The maximize/restore button is
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disabled. For this to work, you must specify the correct button
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size, in pixels. The special word "standard" means 18 pixels.
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Sets the window title. The title must be specified using an UTF-8 string.
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Enable numlock syncronization between the Xserver and the remote RDP
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session. This is useful with applications that looks at the numlock
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state, but might cause problems with some Xservers like Xvnc.
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Embed rdesktop-window in another window. The windowid is expected to
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be decimal or hexadecimal (prefixed by 0x).
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Sets the colour depth for the connection (8, 15, 16 or 24).
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More than 8 bpp are only supported when connecting to Windows XP
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(up to 16 bpp) or newer. Note that the colour depth may also be
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limited by the server configuration. The default value is the depth
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Enable compression of the RDP datastream.
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.BR "-x <experience>"
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Changes default bandwidth performance behaviour for RDP5. By default only
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theming is enabled, and all other options are disabled (corresponding
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to modem (56 Kbps)). Setting experience to b[roadband] enables menu
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animations and full window dragging. Setting experience to l[an] will
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also enable the desktop wallpaper. Setting experience to m[odem]
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disables all (including themes). Experience can also be a hexidecimal
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number containing the flags.
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Enable caching of bitmaps to disk (persistent bitmap caching). This generally
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improves performance (especially on low bandwidth connections) and reduces
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network traffic at the cost of slightly longer startup and some disk space.
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(10MB for 8-bit colour, 20MB for 15/16-bit colour and 30MB for 24-bit colour
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Enable redirection of the specified device on the client, such
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that it appears on the server. Note that the allowed
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redirections may be restricted by the server configuration.
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Following devices are currently supported:
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.BR "-r comport:<comport>=<device>,..."
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Redirects serial devices on your client to the
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server. Note that if you need to change any settings on the serial device(s),
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do so with an appropriate tool before starting rdesktop. In most
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OSes you would use stty. Bidirectional/Read support requires Windows XP or newer.
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In Windows 2000 it will create a port, but it's not seamless, most
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shell programs will not work with it.
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.BR "-r disk:<sharename>=<path>,..."
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Redirects a path to the share \\\\tsclient\\<sharename> on the server
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(requires Windows XP or newer). The share name is limited to 8
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.BR "-r lptport:<lptport>=<device>,..."
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Redirects parallel devices on your client to the server.
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Bidirectional/Read support requires Windows XP or newer. In Windows 2000
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it will create a port, but it's not seamless, most shell programs will not work with
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.BR "-r printer:<printername>[=<driver>],..."
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Redirects a printer queue on the client to the server. The <printername>
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is the name of the queue in your local system. <driver> defaults to a
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simple PS-driver unless you specify one. Keep in mind that you need a
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100% match in the server environment, or the driver will fail. The first
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printer on the command line will be set as your default printer.
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.BR "-r sound:[local|off|remote]"
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Redirects sound generated on the server to the client. "remote" only has
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any effect when you connect to the console with the -0 option. (Requires
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Windows XP or newer).
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Activates the lspci channel, which allows the server to enumerate the
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clients PCI devices. See the file lspci-channel.txt in the
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documentation for more information.
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.BR "-r scard[:<Scard Name>=<Alias Name>[;<Vendor Name>][,...]]"
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Enables redirection of one or more smart-cards. You can provide
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static name binding between linux and windows. To do this you
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can use optional parameters as described: <Scard Name> - device name in
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Linux/Unix enviroment, <Alias Name> - device name shown in Windows enviroment
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<Vendor Name> - optional device vendor name. For list of examples run
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rdesktop without parameters.
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Attach to the console of the server (requires Windows Server 2003
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Use RDP version 5 (default).
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Main website of rdesktop
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\fIhttp://www.rdesktop.org/
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