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 "-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. 
.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 "-m"
Do not send mouse motion events.  This saves bandwidth, although some Windows
applications may rely on receiving mouse motion.
.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 "-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
.br
\fIhttp://www.rdesktop.org/
.LP
.PP
1	matthewc	217	.TH rdesktop 1 "October 2002"
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	217	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	astrand	106
14			.SH OPTIONS
15			.TP
16			.BR "-u <username>"
17	matthewc	217	Username for authentication on the terminal 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			.BR "-k <layout>"
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			en-us, en-gb, de, fr, sv, etc. The default is en-us (a US keyboard).
45
46	astrand	106	.TP
47			.BR "-g <geometry>"
48	astrand	264	Desktop geometry (WxH). If geometry is the special word "workarea", the geometry
49			will be fetched from the extended window manager hints property _NET_WORKAREA, from
50			the root window.
51	astrand	106	.TP
52			.BR "-f"
53	matthewc	217	Enable fullscreen mode. This overrides the window manager and causes the
54			rdesktop window to fully cover the current screen. Fullscreen mode can be
55	matthewc	245	toggled at any time using Ctrl-Alt-Enter.
56	astrand	106	.TP
57			.BR "-b"
58	matthewc	217	Force the server to send screen updates as bitmaps rather than using
59			higher-level drawing operations.
60	astrand	106	.TP
61			.BR "-m"
62	matthewc	217	Do not send mouse motion events. This saves bandwidth, although some Windows
63			applications may rely on receiving mouse motion.
64	astrand	106	.TP
65	matthewc	217	.BR "-e"
66			Disable encryption. This option is only needed (and will only work) if you
67			have a French version of NT TSE.
68	astrand	106	.TP
69			.BR "-K"
70	matthewc	217	Do not override window manager key bindings. By default rdesktop attempts
71			to grab all keyboard input when it is in focus.
72	astrand	107	.TP
73	matthewc	232	.BR "-T <title>"
74	matthewc	217	Window title.
75	astrand	264	.TP
76			.BR "-D"
77			Hide window manager decorations, by using MWM hints.
78	astrand	106
79			.PP
80			.SH LINKS
81			Main website of rdesktop
82			.br
83	matthewc	217	\fIhttp://www.rdesktop.org/
84	astrand	106	.LP
85			.PP