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NAME

       rdesktop - Remote Desktop Protocol client

SYNOPSIS

       rdesktop [options] server[:port]

DESCRIPTION

       rdesktop  is  a  client  for  Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), used in a number 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 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 <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.

       -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 window. 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 values 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/seamlessrdp/.

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

              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 rdesktop 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 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.

       -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 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
              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 redirections 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.   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 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.

       -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 enumerate 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 specified 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 specified 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/

                                            2017-10-28                                rdesktop(1)