Rdesktop
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Introduction
[rdesktop] is a free, open source client for Microsoft's proprietary RDP protocol released under the GNU General Public License. Use rdesktop to connect to Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Win7 RDP server to remotely administrate the Windows box.
Features
As of July 2008, rdesktop implements a large subset of the RDP 5 protocol, including:
- Bitmap caching
- File system, audio, serial port and printer port redirection
- Mappings for most international keyboards
- Stream compression and encryption
- Automatic authentication
- Smartcard support
- RemoteApp like support called "seamless" mode via SeamlessRDP
Still unimplemented are:
- Remote Assistance requests
- USB device redirection
Support for the additional features available in RDP 5.1 and RDP 6 (including multi-head display spanning and window composition) also have not yet been implemented.
Installation
The packages for rdesktop are available in the extra repo; to install simply use pacman as you would any other package
# pacman -Sy rdesktop
Usage
For a complete listing of options see the rdesktop man page. Here is a typical line
$ rdesktop -g 1440x900 -P -z -x l -r sound:off -u windowsuser 98.180.102.33:3389
Reading for left to right:
-g 1440x900 | Sets the resolution of the display to 1440x900 |
-P | Enables bitmap caching/speeds up xfers. |
-z | Enables RDP datastream compression |
-x l | Uses the "lan" quality experience level, see the man page for additional options |
-r sound:off | Redirects sound generated on the server to null |
-u windowsuser | This defines the username to use when logging into the Windows box |
98.180.102.33:3389 | This is the IP address and port number of the target machine |