Remote Desktop from a Linux client machine
Connecting to Remote Desktop from Linux machine is easy. Invoke the following command
rdesktop -r sound=local -r clipboard:CLIPBOARD -z -g '80%' -a 15 -u user.name -p - -d MYDOMAIN remote.hostname.com
Above command does the following:
- Forwards remote sound to local machine
- Enables clipboard sharing
- Uses compression
- Makes the remote desktop screen to
80%of the local machine’s screen - Uses
15bitcolor depth on the remote desktop - With user name
user.nameand password taken fromSTDIN - Connects to
remote.hostname.comat domainDOMAINNAME
Thats it!
EDIT: Updated the explanation in the order of CLI options to the rdesktop command.
chuck are discussing. 
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chuck 3:09 pm on August 7, 2013 Permalink |
Thanks for the tip. One little favor to ask of you though. When you explain what the command does, can you put the explanation in the order of the command? For example, in the command to set the color depth option is near the middle of command line sequence but at the end of your explanation list.
tuxdna 7:40 pm on August 7, 2013 Permalink |
@chuck:
Thank you so much for your feedback. I updated the post as per your suggestion. 🙂