1 RDESKTOP
2 Name
       rdesktop - Remote Desktop Protocol client

2 Synopsis
       rdesktop [options] server[:port]

2 Description
       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.

2 Options
       -u <username>
              Username for authentication on the terminal server.

       -d <domain>
              Domain for authentication.

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

       -c <directory>
              The  initial working directory for the user.  Often
              used in combination 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 <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).

       -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.

       -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.

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

       -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.

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

       -T <title>
              Window title.

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

2 Links
       Main website of rdesktop
       http://www.rdesktop.org/
