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[[http://www.rdesktop.org/ 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. | [[http://www.rdesktop.org/ 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. | ||
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==Installation== | ==Installation== | ||
The packages for rdesktop are available in the extra repo; to install simply use pacman as you would any other package | The packages for rdesktop are available in the extra repo; to install simply use pacman as you would any other package | ||
| − | # pacman - | + | # pacman -S rdesktop |
==Usage== | ==Usage== | ||
For a complete listing of options see the rdesktop man page. Here is a typical line | 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 | $ rdesktop -g 1440x900 -P -z -x l -r sound:off -u windowsuser 98.180.102.33:3389 | ||
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| 98.180.102.33:3389 || This is the IP address and port number of the target machine | | 98.180.102.33:3389 || This is the IP address and port number of the target machine | ||
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| + | ==remote desktop using netbios names instead of using IP address== | ||
| + | If you don't know the IP address of a windows computer in a network, you have to enable wins support. To do so, you have to install samba. Enabaling wins in samba is surprisingly easy: just edit the /etc/samba/smb.conf and add the following line to it, or uncomment the appropriate line: | ||
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| + | wins support = yes | ||
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| + | then you have to install winbind | ||
| + | and edit the /etc/nsswitch.conf | ||
| + | and add the "wins" to the list of hosts. | ||
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| + | restart smbd and nmbd services and test your success by pinging a windows netbios host. | ||
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| + | == See also == | ||
| + | *[[xrdp]] a daemon creating an RDP interface to the X server | ||
Revision as of 09:51, 30 July 2012
[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.
Contents
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 -S 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 form 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 |
remote desktop using netbios names instead of using IP address
If you don't know the IP address of a windows computer in a network, you have to enable wins support. To do so, you have to install samba. Enabaling wins in samba is surprisingly easy: just edit the /etc/samba/smb.conf and add the following line to it, or uncomment the appropriate line:
wins support = yes
then you have to install winbind and edit the /etc/nsswitch.conf and add the "wins" to the list of hosts.
restart smbd and nmbd services and test your success by pinging a windows netbios host.
See also
- xrdp a daemon creating an RDP interface to the X server