Use rdesktop to connect to Windows Terminal Services

Dec 08, '03 11:10:00AM

Contributed by: Anonymous

I work in a hybrid environment that has Microsoft Windows server with Terminal Server running. To access these servers from my Mac, I downloaded and compiled rdesktop. X11 is required, and I believe the SDK is also required for compilation. Then to execute and start a desktop with a Terminal Services enabled Windows server, I simply type:

  rdesktop server
and there you have it (please make sure your display is set correctly for X11!). Here is an output of the options for the rdesktop command:

% rdesktop 
rdesktop: A Remote Desktop Protocol client.
Version 1.2.0. Copyright (C) 1999-2003 Matt Chapman.
See http://www.rdesktop.org/ for more information.

Usage: rdesktop [options] server[:port]
   -u: user name
   -d: domain
   -s: shell
   -c: working directory
   -p: password (- to prompt)
   -n: client hostname
   -k: keyboard layout on terminal server (us,sv,gr,etc.)
   -g: desktop geometry (WxH)
   -f: full-screen mode
   -b: force bitmap updates
   -e: disable encryption (French TS)
   -m: do not send motion events
   -C: use private colour map
   -K: keep window manager key bindings
   -T: window title
   -D: hide window manager decorations
[robg adds: I haven't tried to compile rdesktop myself...]

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