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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. | |
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As of July 2008, rdesktop implements a large subset of the RDP 5 protocol, including: | As of July 2008, rdesktop implements a large subset of the RDP 5 protocol, including: | ||
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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. | 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== | + | |
| − | + | == Installation == | |
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| − | ==Usage== | + | [[pacman|Install]] {{Pkg|rdesktop}} from the [[official repositories]]. |
| − | For a complete listing of options see the rdesktop man page. Here is a typical line | + | |
| + | == Usage == | ||
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| + | 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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| − | wins support | + | == Automatic scaling of geometry == |
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| + | In order to automatically scale the geometry to fit the screen, pass | ||
| + | {{bc|<nowiki> | ||
| + | -g $(xrandr -q | awk '/Screen 0/ {print int($8/1.28) $9 int($10/1.2)}' | sed 's/,//g') | ||
| + | </nowiki>}} | ||
| + | to the rdesktop command lines. | ||
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| + | Another options is to use is to use the "-g" flag | ||
| + | $ rdesktop -g 100% -P -z 98.180.102.33:3389 | ||
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| + | == Remote desktop using netbios names instead of using IP address == | ||
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| + | 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 {{ic|/etc/samba/smb.conf}} and add the following line to it, or uncomment the appropriate line: | ||
| − | + | wins support = yes | |
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| − | + | Then you have to install winbind, then edit the {{ic|/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. | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
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*[[xrdp]] a daemon creating an RDP interface to the X server | *[[xrdp]] a daemon creating an RDP interface to the X server | ||
Revision as of 13:35, 30 May 2013
[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
Install rdesktop from the official repositories.
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 |
Automatic scaling of geometry
In order to automatically scale the geometry to fit the screen, pass
-g $(xrandr -q | awk '/Screen 0/ {print int($8/1.28) $9 int($10/1.2)}' | sed 's/,//g')
to the rdesktop command lines.
Another options is to use is to use the "-g" flag
$ rdesktop -g 100% -P -z 98.180.102.33:3389
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, then 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