man rdesktop Command

Man page for apt-get rdesktop Command

Man Page for rdesktop in Linux

This tutorial shows the man page for man rdesktop in linux.

Open terminal with 'su' access and type the command as shown below:
man rdesktop

Result of the Command Execution shown below:

rdesktop(1)                                                        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 including Windows NT Terminal Server, Windows
       2000 Server, Windows XP and Windows 2003 Server.


OPTIONS
        u 
              Username for authentication on the server.

        d 
              Domain for authentication.

        s 
              Startup  shell  for  the  user     starts a specific application
              instead of Explorer.

        c 
              The initial working directory for the user.  Often used in  com 
              bination with  s to set up a fixed login environment.

        p 
              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 
              Client hostname.  Normally rdesktop  automatically  obtains  the
              hostname of the client.

        k 
              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 
              Desktop   geometry  (WxH).  If  geometry  is  the  special  word
              "workarea", the geometry will be fetched from the extended  win 
              dow  manager hints property _NET_WORKAREA, from the root window.
              The geometry can also be specified as a percentage of the  whole
              screen, e.g. " g 80%".

        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.

        A     Enable SeamlessRDP. In this mode, rdesktop creates a X11  window
              for each window on the server side. This mode requires the Seam 
              lessRDP  server  side  component,  which   is   available   from
              http://www.cendio.com/seamlessrdp/.  When using this option, you
              should specify a startup shell which launches the desired appli 
              cation through SeamlessRDP.

              Example: rdesktop  A  s 'seamlessrdpshell notepad'.

        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.

        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 
              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.

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