NAME

       xfreerdp - FreeRDP X11 client

SYNOPSIS

       xfreerdp [options] server[:port] [[options] server[:port] ...]

DESCRIPTION

       xfreerdp is an X11 Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) client which is part of the FreeRDP
       project. An RDP server is built-in to many editions of Windows. Alternative servers
       included xrdp and VRDP (VirtualBox).

OPTIONS

       -0
           Attach to the admin console of the server.

       -a bpp
           Sets the color depth for the connection to bpp bits per pixel. Valid values are 8, 15,
           16, 24 and 32. The default value is the color depth of the FreeRDP-window.

       -c dir
           Sets the working-dir to dir. This parameter is only used when an AlternateShell (-s
           shell) is requested.  dir should contain the executable file specified in the
           AlternateShell.

       -D
           Removes the windows decorations.

       -d domain
           Set the domain used in authentication to domain.

       -f
           start in full screen mode. This mode can always be en- and disabled using
           Ctrl-Alt-Enter.

       -T text
           Sets the window title to text.

       -g geometry
           Sets the size of the FreeRDP window (and of the remote desktop, when establishing a
           new connection).  geometry can have one of the following forms:

           •   WxH - in this case the resulting window will be of WxH pixels.

           •   P% - in this case the resulting window will be P% of your screen.

           •   The special keyword workarea - in this case the resulting window will be of the
               same size as your workarea.

       -h
           Print help.

       -k id
           Sets the keyboard-layout-id to id.

       -K
           Do not interfere with window manager bindings (don't grab keyboard).

       -n hostname
           Set the reported client hostname to hostname. Default is to automatically detect the
           hostname.

       -o
           Play audio on the console instead of redirecting to the client.

       -p password
           Password used in authentication.

       -s shell
           Sets the startup-shell to shell. This parameter should contain a complete path to the
           alternate shell. If the alternete shell requires a different working directory use -c
           dir.

       -t port
           Connect to port, instead of the default 3389.

       -u username
           Username used in authentication.

       -x flag
           Set the experience performance flags.  flag can be one of:

           •   m - (modem): Equivalent to 15.

           •   b - (broadband): Equivalent to 1.

           •   l - (lan): Equivalent to 0.

           •   num - A hexadecimal number that represents a bit-mask, were numbers mean the
               following [1]:

               •   1: Disable desktop wallpaper.

               •   2: Disable full-window drag (only the window outline is displayed when the
                   window is moved).

               •   4: Disable menu animations.

               •   8: Disable user interface themes.

               •   20: Disable mouse cursor shadows.

               •   40: Disable cursor blinking.

               •   80: Enable font smoothing.

               •   100: Enable Desktop Composition.

       -X xid
           embed xfreerdp into window with xid.

       -z
           Enable compression.

       --app
           initialize a RemoteApp connection. This implies -g workarea.

       --no-auth
           Skips authentication. This is useful e.g. for the current FreeRDP server that doesn't
           yet support server-side authentication.

       --authonly
           Only authenticates. This is useful to test your credentials (username and password).
           Returns status code 0 if the client can connect. Requires a username, password and
           connection host at the command line.

       --no-bmp-cache
           Disable bitmap cache.

       --certificate-name name
           use name for the logon certificate, instead of the server name

       --composition
           Enable composition (RDVH only, not to be confused with remote composition).

       --ext extname
           load extension extname

       --no-fastpath
           Disables fast-path. Use slow-path packets instead, which have larger headers. It might
           be good for debugging certain issues when you suspect it might be linked to the
           parsing of one of the two header types.

       --from-stdin
           Prompts for unspecified arguments -u username, -p password, -d domain and connection
           host. This is useful to hide arguments from ps. Also useful for scripts that will feed
           these arguments to the client via (what else?) stdin.

       --disable-full-window-drag
           Disable full window drag.

       --gdi backend
           GDI (Graphics Device Interface) rendering backend.  backend can be either sw
           (software) or hw (hardware).

       --help
           Print help.

       --ignore-certificate
           ignore verification of logon certificate.

       --kbd-list
           list all keyboard layout ids used by -k

       --disable-menu-animations
           Disable menu animations.

       --no-motion
           Don't send mouse motion events.

       --no-nla
           Disable network level authentication.

       --nsc
           Enable NSCodec.

       --no-osb
           Disable off screen bitmaps.

       --plugin pluginname
           load pluginname

       --no-rdp
           Disable Standard RDP encryption.

       --rfx
           Enable RemoteFX.

       --rfx-mode
           RemoteFX operational flags.  flags can be either v[ideo], i[mage]), default is video.

       --ntlm version
           force NTLM protocol version to be version, which can be one of 1 or 2.

       --sec proto
           force protocol security.  proto can be one of rdp, tls or nla.

       --secure-checksum
           Use salted checksums with Standard RDP encryption.

       --disable-theming
           Disable theming.

       --no-tls
           Disable TLS encryption.

       --version
           Print version information.

       --disable-wallpaper
           Disable wallpaper.

LINKS

       http://www.freerdp.com/

AUTHOR

       The FreeRDP Team

NOTES

        1. Taken from MS-RDPBCGR Section 2.2.1.11.1.1.1 - Extended Info Packet

        2. MS-RDPBCGR Section 2.2.1.11.1.1.1 - Extended Info Packet
           http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc240476%28v=prot.10%29.aspx