.TH rdesktop 1 "October 2002".SH NAME.I rdesktop\- Remote Desktop Protocol client.SH SYNOPSIS.B rdesktop [options] server[:port].br.SH DESCRIPTION.I rdesktopis a client for Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server, Windows 2000 TerminalServices, Windows XP Remote Desktop, and possibly other Terminal Servicesproducts.  rdesktop currently implements the RDP version 4 protocol..SH OPTIONS.TP.BR "-u <username>"Username for authentication on the terminal server..TP.BR "-d <domain>"Domain for authentication..TP.BR "-s <shell>"Startup shell for the user - starts a specific application instead of Explorer..TP.BR "-c <directory>"The initial working directory for the user.  Often used in combination with -sto set up a fixed login environment..TP.BR "-p <password>"The password to authenticate with.  Note that this may have no effect if"Always prompt for password" is enabled on the server.  WARNING: if you specifya password on the command line it may be visible to other users when they usetools like ps.  Use -p - to make rdesktop request a password at startup (fromstandard input)..TP.BR "-n <hostname>"Client hostname.  Normally rdesktop automatically obtains the hostname of theclient..TP.BR "-k <layout>"Keyboard layout to emulate.  This requires a corresponding keymap file to beinstalled.  The standard keymaps provided with rdesktop follow the RFC1766naming scheme: a language code followed by a country code if necessary - e.g.en-us, en-gb, de, fr, sv, etc.  The default is en-us (a US keyboard)..TP.BR "-g <geometry>"Desktop geometry (WxH). If geometry is the special word "workarea", the geometrywill be fetched from the extended window manager hints property _NET_WORKAREA, fromthe root window. .TP.BR "-f"Enable fullscreen mode.  This overrides the window manager and causes therdesktop window to fully cover the current screen.  Fullscreen mode can betoggled at any time using Ctrl-Alt-Enter..TP.BR "-b"Force the server to send screen updates as bitmaps rather than usinghigher-level drawing operations..TP.BR "-e"Disable encryption.  This option is only needed (and will only work) if youhave a French version of NT TSE..TP.BR "-m"Do not send mouse motion events.  This saves bandwidth, although some Windowsapplications may rely on receiving mouse motion..TP.BR "-C"Use private colourmap.  This will improve colour accuracy on an 8-bit display,but rdesktop will appear in false colour when not focused..TP.BR "-K"Do not override window manager key bindings.  By default rdesktop attemptsto grab all keyboard input when it is in focus..TP.BR "-T <title>"Window title..TP.BR "-D"Hide window manager decorations, by using MWM hints. .PP.SH LINKSMain website of rdesktop.br\fIhttp://www.rdesktop.org/.LP.PP