FreeRDP/client/X11/xfreerdp.1.xml

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<refentry>
  <refentryinfo>
    <date>2011-08-27</date>
    <author>
      <authorblurb><para>The FreeRDP Team</para></authorblurb>
    </author>
  </refentryinfo>
  <refmeta>
    <refentrytitle>xfreerdp</refentrytitle>
    <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
    <refmiscinfo class="source">freerdp</refmiscinfo>
    <refmiscinfo class="manual">xfreerdp</refmiscinfo>
  </refmeta>
  <refnamediv>
    <refname><application>xfreerdp</application></refname>
    <refpurpose>FreeRDP X11 client</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>
    <refsynopsisdivinfo>
      <date>2011-08-27</date>
    </refsynopsisdivinfo>
    <para>
      <command>xfreerdp</command> [options] server[:port] [[options] server[:port] …]
    </para>
  </refsynopsisdiv>
  <refsect1>
    <refsect1info>
      <date>2011-08-27</date>
    </refsect1info>
    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
    <para>
      <command>xfreerdp</command> is an X11 Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)
      client which is part of the FreeRDP project. An RDP server is built-in
      to many editions of Windows. Alternative servers included xrdp and VRDP (VirtualBox).
    </para>
  </refsect1>
  <refsect1>
    <title>OPTIONS</title>
    <variablelist>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>-0</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Attach to the admin console of the server.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>-a <replaceable class="parameter">bpp</replaceable></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Sets the color depth for the connection to <replaceable class="parameter">bpp</replaceable> bits per pixel.
            Valid values are 8, 15, 16, 24 and 32. The default value is the color depth of the FreeRDP-window.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry id="WorkingDir">
        <term>-c <replaceable class="parameter">dir</replaceable></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Sets the working-dir to <replaceable class="parameter">dir</replaceable>.
            This parameter is only used when an AlternateShell (<xref linkend="AlternateShell"/>) is requested.
            <replaceable class="parameter">dir</replaceable> should contain the executable file specified in the AlternateShell.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>-D</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Removes the windows decorations.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>-d</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Domain used in authentication.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>-f</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            start in full screen mode. This mode can always be en- and disabled using Ctrl-Alt-Enter.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>-T <replaceable class="parameter">text</replaceable></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Sets the window title to <replaceable class="parameter">text</replaceable>.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>-g <replaceable class="parameter">geometry</replaceable></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Sets the size of the FreeRDP window (and of the remote desktop, when establishing a new connection).
            <replaceable class="parameter">geometry</replaceable> can have one of the following forms:
            <itemizedlist>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  <replaceable class="parameter">W</replaceable>x<replaceable class="parameter">H</replaceable> - 
                  in this case the resulting window will be of
                  <replaceable class="parameter">W</replaceable>x<replaceable class="parameter">H</replaceable> pixels.
                </para>
              </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  <replaceable class="parameter">P</replaceable>% -
                  in this case the resulting window will be <replaceable class="parameter">P</replaceable>%
                  of your screen.
                </para>
              </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  The special keyword <emphasis>workarea</emphasis> -
                  in this case the resulting window will be of the same size as your workarea.
                </para>
              </listitem>
            </itemizedlist>
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>-k <replaceable class="parameter">id</replaceable></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Sets the keyboard-layout-id to <replaceable class="parameter">id</replaceable>.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>-K</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Do not interfere with window manager bindings. Normally, xfreerdp captures all keystrokes while its window is focused.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>-n <replaceable class="parameter">hostname</replaceable></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Set the reported client hostname to <replaceable class="parameter">hostname</replaceable>.
            Default is to automatically detect the hostname.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>-o</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Play audio on the console instead of redirecting to the client.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>-p <replaceable class="parameter">password</replaceable></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Password used in authentication.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry id="AlternateShell">
        <term>-s <replaceable class="parameter">shell</replaceable></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Sets the startup-shell to <replaceable class="parameter">shell</replaceable>.
            This parameter should contain a complete path to the alternate shell.
            If the alternete shell requires a different working directory use <xref linkend="WorkingDir"/>.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>-t <replaceable class="parameter">port</replaceable></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Connect to <replaceable class="parameter">port</replaceable>, instead of the default 3389.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>-u <replaceable class="parameter">username</replaceable></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Username used in authentication.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>-x <replaceable class="parameter">flag</replaceable></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Set the experience performance flags.
            <replaceable class="parameter">flag</replaceable> can be one of:
            <itemizedlist>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  m - (modem): Equivalent to 15.
                </para>
              </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  b - (broadband): Equivalent to 1.
                </para>
              </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  l - (lan): Equivalent to 0.
                </para>
              </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  <replaceable class="parameter">num</replaceable> - A hexadecimal number that
                  represents a bit-mask, were numbers mean the following
                  <footnote><para>Taken from <ulink url="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc240476%28v=prot.10%29.aspx">
                  MS-RDPBCGR Section 2.2.1.11.1.1.1 - Extended Info Packet</ulink></para></footnote>:
                  <itemizedlist>
                    <listitem>
                      <para>1: Disable desktop wallpaper.</para>
                    </listitem>
                    <listitem>
                      <para>2: Disable full-window drag (only the window outline is displayed when the window is moved).</para>
                    </listitem>
                    <listitem>
                      <para>4: Disable menu animations.</para>
                    </listitem>
                    <listitem>
                      <para>8: Disable user interface themes.</para>
                    </listitem>
                    <listitem>
                      <para>20: Disable mouse cursor shadows.</para>
                    </listitem>
                    <listitem>
                      <para>40: Disable cursor blinking.</para>
                    </listitem>
                    <listitem>
                      <para>80: Enable font smoothing.</para>
                    </listitem>
                    <listitem>
                      <para>100: Enable Desktop Composition.</para>
                    </listitem>
                  </itemizedlist>
                </para>
              </listitem>
            </itemizedlist>
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>-z</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Enable compression.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>--app</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            initialize a RemoteApp connection. This implies -g workarea.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>--ext</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            load an extension
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>--no-auth</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Skips authentication. This is useful e.g. for the current FreeRDP server that doesn't yet support server-side authentication.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>--authonly</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Only authenticates. This is useful to test your credentials (username and password).
						Returns status code 0 if the client can connect, 1 otherwise. Requires a username,
						password and connection host at the command line.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>--from-stdin</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
						Prompts for unspecified arguments -u username, -p password, -d domain and connection host.
						This is useful to hide arguments from ps. Also useful for scripts that will feed these arguments
						to the client via (what else?) stdin.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>--no-fastpath</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Disables fast-path. Use slow-path packets instead, which have larger headers.
            It might be good for debugging certain issues when you suspect it might be
            linked to the parsing of one of the two header types.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>--no-motion</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Don't send mouse motion events.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>--gdi</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            GDI rendering backend. <replaceable class="parameter">backend</replaceable> can be either sw (software) or hw (hardware).
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>--no-osb</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Disable off screen bitmaps.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>--no-bmp-cache</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Disable bitmap cache.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>--plugin</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            load a plugin
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>--rfx</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Enable RemoteFX.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>--rfx-mode</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            RemoteFX operational flags. <replaceable class="parameter">flags</replaceable> can be either v[ideo], i[mage]), default is video.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>--nsc</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Enable NSCodec.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>--disable-wallpaper</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Disable wallpaper.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>--composition</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Enable composition (RDVH only, not to be confused with remote composition).
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>--disable-full-window-drag</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Disable full window drag.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>--disable-menu-animations</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Disable menu animations.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>--disable-theming</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Disable theming.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>--no-rdp</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Disable Standard RDP encryption.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>--no-tls</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Disable TLS encryption.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>--no-nla</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Disable network level authentication.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>--sec <replaceable class="parameter">proto</replaceable></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            force protocol security. <replaceable class="parameter">proto</replaceable> can be one of rdp, tls or nla.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>--ntlm</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            force NTLM protocol version. <replaceable class="parameter">version</replaceable> can be one of 1 or 2.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>--ignore-certificate</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            ignore verification of logon certificate.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>--certificate-name</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            use this name for the logon certificate, instead of the server name
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>--kbd-list</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            list all keyboard layout ids used by -k
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>--version</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Print version information.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
  </refsect1>
  <refsect1>
    <title>LINKS</title>
    <para>
      <ulink url="http://www.freerdp.com/">http://www.freerdp.com/</ulink>
    </para>
  </refsect1>
</refentry>