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rdesktop is an implementation of a client software for Microsoft's proprietary Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). Rdesktop is free and open-source software, subject to the requirements of the GNU General Public License (GPL-3.0-or-later), and is available for Linux and BSD as well as for Microsoft Windows.

Key facts

Software.name
rdesktop
Software.screenshot
Rdesktop-ON WIN 95.jpg
Software.screenshot size
200px
Software.caption
rdesktop connected to a Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition host
Software.developer
rdesktop team
Software.latest release version
1.9.0
Software.operating system
Unix-likeMicrosoft Windowswindows build (unofficial)
Software.genre
Microsoft Remote Desktop Services client
Software.license
GPL-3.0-or-later
Software.discontinued
yes

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Official website

rdesktop: A Remote Desktop Protocol Client

rdesktop.org

Link to the official site · 4,759 chars · not written by Vinony

Source code

Please, beware that this project is no longer maintained and hadn't received a patch in many years. There are reported security vulnerabilities, yet those haven't been reviewed. rdesktop uses a GNU-style build procedure. Typically all that is necessary to install rdesktop is the following: The smart-card support module uses PCSC-lite. You should use PCSC-lite 1.2.9 or later. To enable smart-card support in the rdesktop add --enable-smartcard to the configure line. If you have retrieved a snapshot of the rdesktop source, you will first need to run ./bootstrap in order to generate the build infrastructure. This is not necessary for release versions of rdesktop. where server is the name of the Terminal Services machine. If you receive "Connection refused", this probably means that the server does not have Terminal Services enabled, or there is a firewall blocking access. You can also specify a number of options on the command line. These are listed in the rdesktop manual page (run man rdesktop ).

Excerpt from the source-code README · 1,684 chars · not written by Vinony

Article · Português

rdesktop é um software cliente livre para o serviço RDP fornecido por servidores Terminal Services. Ele permite o acesso a um ambiente Windows a partir de um computador cujo sistema operacional é linux, por exemplo. Foi elaborado para ser usado nas plataformas X do Unix e do linux. Uma interface gráfica é então necessária para sua utilização. O rdesktop funciona com os servidores 4 e 5 do protocolo RDP e, portanto, com os servidores Windows NT, Windows 2000 ou Windows Server 2003. Ele faz também a gestão da encriptação e da compressão do fluxo RDP. O código-fonte está disponível na GNU GPL. Sua utilização é simples:por exemplo, num terminal, para estabelecer um link com o servidor 123.123.123.123 com tela cheia, usando como login "user" e senha "passwd", basta digitar: rdesktop -f -u user -p passwd 123.123.123.123 Para sair do modo tela cheia, deve-se apertar simultaneamente CTRL + ALT + ENTER.

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