rdesktop/doc/rdesktop.1

.TH rdesktop 1 "November 2005"
.SH NAME
.I rdesktop
\- Remote Desktop Protocol client
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B rdesktop [options] server[:port]
.br
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I rdesktop
is a client for Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), used in a number of Microsoft
products including Windows NT Terminal Server, Windows 2000 Server, Windows XP
and Windows 2003 Server.

.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.BR "-u <username>"
Username for authentication on the 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 "-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 <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 followed 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 properly on all platforms
so its use is discouraged.
.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 as a percentage of the whole
screen, e.g. "-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 "-A"
Enable SeamlessRDP. In this mode, rdesktop creates a X11 window for
each window on the server side. This mode requires the SeamlessRDP
server side component. When using this option, you should specify a
startup shell which launches the desired application through
SeamlessRDP. Example: rdesktop -A -s 'seamlessrdpshell notepad'.
.TP
.BR "-B"
Use the BackingStore of the Xserver instead of the integrated one in
rdesktop.
.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 "-E"
Disable encryption from client to server.  This sends an encrypted login packet,
but everything after this is unencrypted (including interactive logins).
.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 "-D"
Hide window manager decorations, by using MWM hints. 
.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 "-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 "-T <title>"
Sets the window title.
.TP
.BR "-N"
Enable numlock syncronization 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. 
.TP
.BR "-X <windowid>"
Embed rdesktop-window in another window. The windowid is expected to
be decimal or hexadecimal (prefixed by 0x).
.TP
.BR "-a <bpp>"
Sets the colour depth for the connection (8, 15, 16 or 24).
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.
.TP
.BR "-z"
Enable compression of the RDP datastream.
.TP
.BR "-x <experience>"
Changes default bandwidth performance behaviour for RDP5. By default only
theming is enabled, and all other options are disabled (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 wallpaper. Setting experience to m[odem]
disables all (including themes). Experience can also be a hexidecimal
number containing the flags.
.TP
.BR "-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 and 30MB for 24-bit colour
sessions)
.TP
.BR "-r <device>"
Enable redirection of the specified device on the client, such
that it appears on the server. Note that the allowed
redirections may be restricted by the server configuration.

Following devices are currently supported:
.TP
.BR "-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.
.TP
.BR "-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. 
.TP
.BR "-r lptport:<lptport>=<device>,..."
Redirects parallel devices on your client to the server.
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.
.TP
.BR "-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 environment, or the driver will fail. The first
printer on the command line will be set as your default printer.
.TP
.BR "-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).
.TP
.BR "-r lspci"
Activates the lspci channel, which allows the server to enumerate the
clients PCI devices. See the file lspci-channel.txt in the
documentation for more information.
.TP
.BR "-0"
Attach to the console of the server (requires Windows Server 2003
or newer).
.TP
.BR "-4"
Use RDP version 4.
.TP
.BR "-5"
Use RDP version 5 (default).
.PP
.SH LINKS
Main website of rdesktop
.br
\fIhttp://www.rdesktop.org/
.LP
.PP
1	matthewc	1024	.TH rdesktop 1 "November 2005"
2	astrand	106	.SH NAME
3			.I rdesktop
4			\- Remote Desktop Protocol client
5			.SH SYNOPSIS
6	matthewc	232	.B rdesktop [options] server[:port]
7	astrand	106	.br
8			.SH DESCRIPTION
9			.I rdesktop
10	matthewc	520	is a client for Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), used in a number of Microsoft
11			products including Windows NT Terminal Server, Windows 2000 Server, Windows XP
12			and Windows 2003 Server.
13	astrand	106
14			.SH OPTIONS
15			.TP
16			.BR "-u <username>"
17	matthewc	520	Username for authentication on the server.
18	astrand	106	.TP
19			.BR "-d <domain>"
20	matthewc	217	Domain for authentication.
21	astrand	106	.TP
22			.BR "-s <shell>"
23	matthewc	217	Startup shell for the user - starts a specific application instead of Explorer.
24	astrand	106	.TP
25			.BR "-c <directory>"
26	matthewc	217	The initial working directory for the user. Often used in combination with -s
27			to set up a fixed login environment.
28	astrand	106	.TP
29			.BR "-p <password>"
30	matthewc	217	The password to authenticate with. Note that this may have no effect if
31			"Always prompt for password" is enabled on the server. WARNING: if you specify
32			a password on the command line it may be visible to other users when they use
33			tools like ps. Use -p - to make rdesktop request a password at startup (from
34			standard input).
35	astrand	106	.TP
36	matthewc	217	.BR "-n <hostname>"
37			Client hostname. Normally rdesktop automatically obtains the hostname of the
38			client.
39	astrand	106	.TP
40	astrand	959	.BR "-k <keyboard-map>"
41	matthewc	241	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	matthewc	1024	en-us, en-gb, de, fr, sv, etc.
45	astrand	959
46	astrand	962	The default keyboard map depends on the current locale (LC_* and LANG
47	matthewc	1024	environment variables). If the current locale is unknown, the default
48			keyboard map is en-us (a US English keyboard).
49	astrand	962
50	astrand	961	The keyboard maps are file names, which means that they are case
51			sensitive. The standard keymaps are all in lowercase.
52
53	matthewc	1024	The keyboard maps are searched relative to the directories
54	astrand	960	$HOME/.rdesktop/keymaps, KEYMAP_PATH (specified at build time), and
55			$CWD/keymaps, in this order. The keyboard-map argument can also be an
56			absolute filename.
57	matthewc	1024
58			The special value `none' can be used instead of a keyboard map.
59			In this case, rdesktop will guess the scancodes from the X11 event key
60			codes using an internal mapping method. This method only supports the
61			basic alphanumeric keys and may not work properly on all platforms
62			so its use is discouraged.
63	astrand	106	.TP
64			.BR "-g <geometry>"
65	astrand	264	Desktop geometry (WxH). If geometry is the special word "workarea", the geometry
66			will be fetched from the extended window manager hints property _NET_WORKAREA, from
67	matthewc	520	the root window. The geometry can also be specified as a percentage of the whole
68			screen, e.g. "-g 80%".
69	astrand	106	.TP
70			.BR "-f"
71	matthewc	217	Enable fullscreen mode. This overrides the window manager and causes the
72			rdesktop window to fully cover the current screen. Fullscreen mode can be
73	matthewc	245	toggled at any time using Ctrl-Alt-Enter.
74	astrand	106	.TP
75			.BR "-b"
76	matthewc	217	Force the server to send screen updates as bitmaps rather than using
77			higher-level drawing operations.
78	astrand	106	.TP
79	astrand	1199	.BR "-A"
80			Enable SeamlessRDP. In this mode, rdesktop creates a X11 window for
81			each window on the server side. This mode requires the SeamlessRDP
82			server side component. When using this option, you should specify a
83			startup shell which launches the desired application through
84			SeamlessRDP. Example: rdesktop -A -s 'seamlessrdpshell notepad'.
85			.TP
86	stargo	828	.BR "-B"
87			Use the BackingStore of the Xserver instead of the integrated one in
88			rdesktop.
89			.TP
90	matthewc	294	.BR "-e"
91			Disable encryption. This option is only needed (and will only work) if you
92			have a French version of NT TSE.
93			.TP
94	stargo	505	.BR "-E"
95	matthewc	520	Disable encryption from client to server. This sends an encrypted login packet,
96			but everything after this is unencrypted (including interactive logins).
97	stargo	505	.TP
98	astrand	106	.BR "-m"
99	matthewc	217	Do not send mouse motion events. This saves bandwidth, although some Windows
100			applications may rely on receiving mouse motion.
101	astrand	106	.TP
102	matthewc	294	.BR "-C"
103			Use private colourmap. This will improve colour accuracy on an 8-bit display,
104			but rdesktop will appear in false colour when not focused.
105	astrand	106	.TP
106	matthewc	520	.BR "-D"
107			Hide window manager decorations, by using MWM hints.
108			.TP
109	astrand	106	.BR "-K"
110	matthewc	217	Do not override window manager key bindings. By default rdesktop attempts
111			to grab all keyboard input when it is in focus.
112	astrand	107	.TP
113	matthewc	520	.BR "-S <button size>"
114			Enable single application mode. This option can be used when running a
115			single, maximized application (via -s). When the minimize button of
116			the windows application is pressed, the rdesktop window is minimized
117			instead of the remote application. The maximize/restore button is
118			disabled. For this to work, you must specify the correct button
119			size, in pixels. The special word "standard" means 18 pixels.
120			.TP
121	matthewc	232	.BR "-T <title>"
122	matthewc	520	Sets the window title.
123	astrand	264	.TP
124	astrand	552	.BR "-N"
125			Enable numlock syncronization between the Xserver and the remote RDP
126			session. This is useful with applications that looks at the numlock
127			state, but might cause problems with some Xservers like Xvnc.
128			.TP
129	stargo	636	.BR "-X <windowid>"
130			Embed rdesktop-window in another window. The windowid is expected to
131	stargo	871	be decimal or hexadecimal (prefixed by 0x).
132	stargo	636	.TP
133	stargo	505	.BR "-a <bpp>"
134	matthewc	520	Sets the colour depth for the connection (8, 15, 16 or 24).
135			More than 8 bpp are only supported when connecting to Windows XP
136			(up to 16 bpp) or newer. Note that the colour depth may also be
137			limited by the server configuration.
138	stargo	505	.TP
139	stargo	828	.BR "-z"
140	stargo	936	Enable compression of the RDP datastream.
141	stargo	828	.TP
142	stargo	637	.BR "-x <experience>"
143	jsorg71	725	Changes default bandwidth performance behaviour for RDP5. By default only
144	stargo	637	theming is enabled, and all other options are disabled (corresponding
145			to modem (56 Kbps)). Setting experience to b[roadband] enables menu
146			animations and full window dragging. Setting experience to l[an] will
147			also enable the desktop wallpaper. Setting experience to m[odem]
148	jsorg71	725	disables all (including themes). Experience can also be a hexidecimal
149	stargo	637	number containing the flags.
150			.TP
151	jsorg71	725	.BR "-P"
152			Enable caching of bitmaps to disk (persistent bitmap caching). This generally
153			improves performance (especially on low bandwidth connections) and reduces
154			network traffic at the cost of slightly longer startup and some disk space.
155			(10MB for 8-bit colour, 20MB for 15/16-bit colour and 30MB for 24-bit colour
156			sessions)
157			.TP
158	matthewc	520	.BR "-r <device>"
159			Enable redirection of the specified device on the client, such
160	n-ki	581	that it appears on the server. Note that the allowed
161	matthewc	520	redirections may be restricted by the server configuration.
162	n-ki	581
163			Following devices are currently supported:
164	matthewc	520	.TP
165	n-ki	581	.BR "-r comport:<comport>=<device>,..."
166			Redirects serial devices on your client to the
167			server. Note that if you need to change any settings on the serial device(s),
168			do so with an appropriate tool before starting rdesktop. In most
169	n-ki	591	OSes you would use stty. Bidirectional/Read support requires Windows XP or newer.
170			In Windows 2000 it will create a port, but it's not seamless, most
171			shell programs will not work with it.
172	n-ki	581	.TP
173	astrand	747	.BR "-r disk:<sharename>=<path>,..."
174			Redirects a path to the share \\\\tsclient\\<sharename> on the server
175			(requires Windows XP or newer). The share name is limited to 8
176			characters.
177	n-ki	581	.TP
178			.BR "-r lptport:<lptport>=<device>,..."
179			Redirects parallel devices on your client to the server.
180	n-ki	591	Bidirectional/Read support requires Windows XP or newer. In Windows 2000
181			it will create a port, but it's not seamless, most shell programs will not work with
182			it.
183	n-ki	581	.TP
184			.BR "-r printer:<printername>[=<driver>],..."
185			Redirects a printer queue on the client to the server. The <printername>
186			is the name of the queue in your local system. <driver> defaults to a
187			simple PS-driver unless you specify one. Keep in mind that you need a
188			100% match in the server environment, or the driver will fail. The first
189			printer on the command line will be set as your default printer.
190			.TP
191	n-ki	635	.BR "-r sound:[local\|off\|remote]"
192			Redirects sound generated on the server to the client. "remote" only has
193			any effect when you connect to the console with the -0 option. (Requires
194	n-ki	581	Windows XP or newer).
195			.TP
196	astrand	1053	.BR "-r lspci"
197			Activates the lspci channel, which allows the server to enumerate the
198			clients PCI devices. See the file lspci-channel.txt in the
199			documentation for more information.
200			.TP
201	stargo	505	.BR "-0"
202	matthewc	520	Attach to the console of the server (requires Windows Server 2003
203			or newer).
204	stargo	505	.TP
205			.BR "-4"
206			Use RDP version 4.
207			.TP
208			.BR "-5"
209			Use RDP version 5 (default).
210	astrand	106	.PP
211			.SH LINKS
212			Main website of rdesktop
213			.br
214	matthewc	217	\fIhttp://www.rdesktop.org/
215	astrand	106	.LP
216			.PP