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rdesktop (1)

Name

rdesktop - Remote Desktop Protocol client

Synopsis

rdesktop [options] server[:port]

Description

rdesktop(1)                 General Commands Manual                rdesktop(1)



NAME
       rdesktop - Remote Desktop Protocol client

SYNOPSIS
       rdesktop [options] server[:port]

DESCRIPTION
       rdesktop  is a client for Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), used in a num-
       ber of Microsoft products.  It is known to work with Microsoft  Windows
       server  versions  ranging  from  NT 4 terminal server to Windows Server
       2012 R2.


OPTIONS
       -u <username>
              Username for authentication on the server.

       -d <domain>
              Domain for authentication.

       -s <shell>
              Startup shell for the  user  -  starts  a  specific  application
              instead  of  Explore.   If  SeamlessRDP  is  enabled this is the
              application which is started in seamless mode.

       -c <directory>
              The initial working directory for the user.  Often used in  com-
              bination 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 <keyboard-map>
              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 fol-
              lowed by a country code if necessary - e.g.  en-us,  en-gb,  de,
              fr, sv, etc.

              The default keyboard map depends on the current locale (LC_* and
              LANG environment variables). If the current locale  is  unknown,
              the default keyboard map is en-us (a US English keyboard).

              The keyboard maps are file names, which means that they are case
              sensitive. The standard keymaps are all in lowercase.

              The keyboard maps  are  searched  relative  to  the  directories
              $HOME/.rdesktop/keymaps,  KEYMAP_PATH (specified at build time),
              and $CWD/keymaps, in this order. The keyboard-map  argument  can
              also be an absolute filename.

              The  special value `none' can be used instead of a keyboard map.
              In this case, rdesktop will guess the  scancodes  from  the  X11
              event  key  codes  using an internal mapping method. This method
              only supports the basic alphanumeric keys and may not work prop-
              erly on all platforms so its use is discouraged.

       -g <geometry>
              Desktop geometry (WxH[@DPI][+X[+Y]]). If geometry is the special
              word "workarea", the geometry will be fetched from the  extended
              window  manager hints property _NET_WORKAREA, from the root win-
              dow. The geometry can also be specified as a percentage  of  the
              whole screen, e.g. "-g 80%", "-g 80%x70%".

              If  the  specified  geometry depends on the screen size, and the
              screen size is changed, rdesktop  will  automatically  reconnect
              using  the new screen size. This requires that rdesktop has been
              compiled with RandR support.

              The optional DPI parameter should be  specified  if  the  screen
              rdesktop  is  being  displayed  on  is  too  far from 96 DPI for
              unscaled Windows to be readable. Windows currently accepts  val-
              ues from 96 to 480.

              Offset  placement of window is optional. Starting point is upper
              left corner of screen.  Window manager might push  into  visible
              area,   if  a  panel  would  be  covered.   The  schema  is  "-g
              <value>+<xoff>+<yoff>, f.e. "-g 30%+200+600".

       -i     Use password as smartcard pin. If a valid  user  certificate  is
              matched in smart card reader the password passed with p argument
              is used as pin for the smart card.  This feature  also  requires
              that smart card redirection is used using r scard argument.

       -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.

       -t     Disable use of remote control. This will disable  features  like
              seamless connection sharing.

       -A <seamlessrdpshell>
              Enable SeamlessRDP by specifying the path to seamless rdp shell.
              In this mode, rdesktop creates a X11 window for each  window  on
              the server side.  This mode requires the SeamlessRDP server side
              component, which is available  from  http://www.cendio.com/seam-
              lessrdp/.

              When  using  this  option, you should normally specify a startup
              shell which launches the desired application  through  Seamless-
              RDP.

              Example:  rdesktop  -A  'c:\seamlessrdp\seamlessrdpshell.exe' -s
              'notepad' mywts.domain.com

              Any subsequential call to the above command  line  example  will
              make use of the seamless connection sharing feature which spawns
              another notepad in  the  current  connection  to  the  specified
              server and then exit.


       -V <tls version>
              Set  the  Transport  Level  Security (also known as SSL) Version
              used.  Should be one of the following values: 1.0, 1.1, 1.2.  By
              default all versions are supported.

       -B     Use  the  BackingStore  of the Xserver instead of the integrated
              one in rdesktop.

       -e     Disable encryption.  This option is only needed (and  will  only
              work) if you have a French version of NT TSE.

       -E     Disable  encryption  from  client  to  server.   This  sends  an
              encrypted login packet, but everything after this is unencrypted
              (including interactive logins).

       -m     Do not send mouse motion events.  This saves bandwidth, although
              some Windows applications may rely on receiving mouse motion.

       -M     Use local X cursor inherited  from  window  manager  instead  of
              server cursor. This is mostly useful with -m, but is also useful
              if the server is sending bogus mouse cursors.

       -C     Use private colourmap.  This will improve colour accuracy on  an
              8-bit display, but rdesktop will appear in false colour when not
              focused.

       -D     Hide window manager decorations, by using MWM hints.

       -K     Do not override window manager key bindings.  By default  rdesk-
              top attempts to grab all keyboard input when it is in focus.

       -S <button size>
              Enable  single  application  mode.  This option can be used when
              running a single, maximized application (via -s). When the mini-
              mize  button of the windows application is pressed, the rdesktop
              window is minimized instead of the remote application. The maxi-
              mize/restore  button  is  disabled.  For  this to work, you must
              specify the correct button size, in  pixels.  The  special  word
              "standard" means 18 pixels.

       -T <title>
              Sets  the  window  title.  The  title must be specified using an
              UTF-8 string.

       -N     Enable numlock  synchronization  between  the  Xserver  and  the
              remote RDP session.  This is useful with applications that looks
              at the  numlock  state,  but  might  cause  problems  with  some
              Xservers like Xvnc.

       -X <windowid>
              Embed   rdesktop-window  in  another  window.  The  windowid  is
              expected to be decimal or hexadecimal (prefixed by 0x).

       -a <bpp>
              Sets the colour depth for the connection (8, 15, 16, 24 or  32).
              More than 8 bpp are only supported when connecting to Windows XP
              (up to 16 bpp) or newer.  Note that the colour depth may also be
              limited  by  the  server configuration. The default value is the
              depth of the root window.

       -z     Enable compression of the RDP datastream.

       -x <experience>
              Changes default bandwidth performance  behaviour  for  RDP5.  By
              default  only theming is enabled, and all other options are dis-
              abled (corresponding to modem (56 Kbps)). Setting experience  to
              b[roadband]  enables  menu  animations and full window dragging.
              Setting experience to l[an] will also enable the desktop wallpa-
              per.  Setting  experience  to  m[odem]  disables  all (including
              themes). Experience can also be a hexadecimal number  containing
              the flags.

       -P     Enable  caching  of bitmaps to disk (persistent bitmap caching).
              This generally improves performance (especially on low bandwidth
              connections) and reduces network traffic at the cost of slightly
              longer startup and some disk space.   (10MB  for  8-bit  colour,
              20MB  for  15/16-bit colour, 30MB for 24-bit colour and 40MB for
              32-bit colour sessions)

       -r <device>
              Enable redirection of the specified device on the  client,  such
              that  it  appears  on the server. Note that the allowed redirec-
              tions may be restricted by the server configuration.

              Following devices are currently supported:

       -r comport:<comport>=<device>,...
              Redirects serial devices on your client to the server. Note that
              if  you  need to change any settings on the serial device(s), do
              so with an appropriate tool before starting  rdesktop.  In  most
              OSes  you  would  use  stty. Bidirectional/Read support requires
              Windows XP or newer.  In Windows 2000 it will create a port, but
              it's not seamless, most shell programs will not work with it.

       -r disk:<sharename>=<path>,...
              Redirects  a  path  to  the  share \\tsclient\<sharename> on the
              server (requires Windows XP or newer). The share name is limited
              to 8 characters.

       -r lptport:<lptport>=<device>,...
              Redirects  parallel devices on your client to the server.  Bidi-
              rectional/Read support requires Windows XP or newer. In  Windows
              2000  it  will  create a port, but it's not seamless, most shell
              programs will not work with it.

       -r printer:<printername>[=<driver>],...
              Redirects a printer queue on  the  client  to  the  server.  The
              <printername>  is  the  name  of the queue in your local system.
              <driver> defaults to a simple PS-driver unless you specify  one.
              Keep  in  mind that you need a 100% match in the server environ-
              ment, or the driver will fail. The first printer on the  command
              line will be set as your default printer.

       -r sound:[local|off|remote]
              Redirects  sound generated on the server to the client. "remote"
              only has any effect when you connect to the console with the  -0
              option. (Requires Windows XP or newer).

       -r lspci
              Activates  the lspci channel, which allows the server to enumer-
              ate the clients PCI devices. See the file  lspci-channel.txt  in
              the documentation for more information.

       -r scard[:<Scard Name>=<Alias Name>[;<Vendor Name>][,...]]
              Enables  redirection of one or more smart-cards. You can provide
              static name binding between GNU/Linux and Windows.  To  do  this
              you  can  use  optional  parameters as described: <Scard Name> -
              device name in GNU/Linux and UNIX environment,  <Alias  Name>  -
              device  name  shown  in  Windows  environment  <Vendor  Name>  -
              optional device vendor name. For list of examples  run  rdesktop
              without parameters.

       -r clipboard:[off|PRIMARYCLIPBOARD|CLIPBOARD]
              Enable  clipboard  redirection. 'PRIMARYCLIPBOARD' looks at both
              PRIMARY and CLIPBOARD when sending data to  server.  'CLIPBOARD'
              looks at only 'CLIPBOARD'.

       -0     Attach  to  the  console  of the server (requires Windows Server
              2003 or newer).

       -4     Use RDP version 4.

       -5     Use RDP version 5 (default).

       -v     Enable verbose output

CredSSP Smartcard options
       --sc-csp-name <name>
              Specify the CSP (Crypto Service Provider) to use on the  windows
              side  for  the  smartcard  authentication. CSP is the driver for
              your smartcard and it seems like this is required to  be  speci-
              fied for CredSSP authentication. For Swedish NetID the following
              CSP name is used; "Net iD - CSP".

       --sc-container-name <name>
              Specify the container name, usually this  is  the  username  for
              default container and it seems like this is required to be spec-
              ified for CredSSP authentication.

       --sc-reader-name <name>
              Specify the reader name to be used to prevent the pin code being
              sent to wrong card if there are several readers.

       --sc-card-name <name>
              Specify the card name for example; "Telia EID IP5a".

EXIT VALUES
       0      RDP session terminated normally

       1      Administrator  initiated disconnect (also returned for logoff by
              Windows XP joined to a domain)

       2      Administrator initiated logout

       3      Server idle session time limit reached

       4      Server active session time limit reached

       5      The session was replaced

       6      The server is out of memory

       7      The server denied the connection

       8      The server denied the connection for security reasons

       9      The user cannot connect to the server due to insufficient access
              privileges

       10     The  server  does not accept saved user credentials and requires
              that the user enter their credentials for each connection

       11     Disconnect initiated by user

       12     Logout initiated by user

       16     Internal licensing error

       17     No license server available

       18     No valid license available

       19     Invalid licensing message from client

       20     The client license has been modified and does  no  longer  match
              the hardware ID

       21     The client license is in an invalid format

       22     Network error during licensing protocol

       23     Licensing protocol was not completed

       24     Incorrect client license encryption

       25     Can't upgrade or renew license

       26     The server is not licensed to accept remote connections

       30     The target endpoint chosen by the broker could not be found

       32     The target endpoint is disconnecting from the broker

       34     Error occurred while being redirected by broker

       35     Error while the endpoint VM was being awakened by the broker

       36     Error while the endpoint VM was being started by the broker

       37     The IP address of the endpoint VM could not be determined by the
              broker

       38     No available endpoints in the connection broker pool

       39     Connection processing cancelled by the broker

       40     The connection settings could not be validated by the broker

       41     Timeout while the endpoint VM was being started by the broker

       42     Session monitoring error while the endpoint VM was being started
              by the broker

       50     The server can only host Remote Applications

       51     Update of session keys failed

       52     Decryption or session key creation failed

       53     Encryption failed

       62     The local client window was closed

       63     Some other, unknown error occurred

       64     Command line usage error

       69     A service or resource (such as memory) is unavailable

       70     An internal software error has been detected

       71     Operating system error

       76     Protocol error or unable to connect to remote host.


LINKS
       Main website of rdesktop
       http://www.rdesktop.org/

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+---------------------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |        ATTRIBUTE VALUE          |
       +---------------+---------------------------------+
       |Availability   | desktop/remote-desktop/rdesktop |
       +---------------+---------------------------------+
       |Stability      | Pass-through volatile           |
       +---------------+---------------------------------+

NOTES
       Source  code  for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
       be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
       code-downloads.html.

       This     software     was    built    from    source    available    at
       https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland.   The  original   community
       source  was  downloaded  from  https://github.com/rdesktop/rdesktop/ar-
       chive/v1.9.0.tar.gz.

       Further information about this software can be found on the open source
       community website at http://www.rdesktop.org/.



                                  2017-10-28                       rdesktop(1)