Rdesktop
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rdesktop is a Linux client for the Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).
common usage
Connect to a Windows 2003 server on the same LAN with a 800x600 desktop and 16-bit pixels:
[ggeller@ws05 ~]$ rdesktop -g 800x600 -a 16 -u Administrator -p P@ssw0rd 10.101.21.5
Use full screen and make the server handle the audio
ggeller@roosevelt:~$ rdesktop -u George -p P@ssw0rd -f -a 16 -r sound:remote 192.168.2.105
from the manpage
- -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.
installation
On Fedora Core 5:
[root@harrison ~]# yum -y install rdesktop
notes
Your Windows machine has to be set up for remote connections. If you are going across the internet, you probably want to use ssh to forward and encrypt the connection. RDP uses port 3389. Something like:
[ggeller@localhost ~]$ ssh -f -N -L 3389:192.168.2.95:3389 remote.example.com ...
In that example, ggeller has an account on the gateway unix machine, remote.example.com, and the Windows box (or even a VM running windows) is at 192.168.2.95 on the same LAN as the gateway unix machine.
see also
man rdesktop
