xfreerdp
FreeRDP X11 client
SYNOPSIS
xfreerdp [file] [options] [/v:server[:port]]
DESCRIPTION
xfreerdp 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).
OPTIONS
/a:addin[,options], /addin:addin[,options]
Addin
/action-script:file-name
Action script (default:~/.config/freerdp/action.sh)
/admin, /console
Admin (or console) session
+aero
desktop composition (default:off)
/app:path or ||alias
Remote application program
/app-cmd:parameters
Remote application command-line parameters
/app-file:file-name
File to open with remote application
/app-guid:app-guid
Remote application GUID
/app-icon:icon-path
Remote application icon for user interface
/app-name:app-name
Remote application name for user interface
/assistance:password
Remote assistance password
+async-channels
Asynchronous channels (experimental) (default:off)
+async-input
Asynchronous input (default:off)
+async-update
Asynchronous update (default:off)
/audio-mode:mode
Audio output mode
+auth-only
Authenticate only (default:off)
-authentication
Authentication (experimental) (default:on)
+auto-reconnect
Automatic reconnection (default:off)
/auto-reconnect-max-retries:retries
Automatic reconnection maximum retries, 0 for unlimited [0,1000]
-bitmap-cache
bitmap cache (default:on)
/bpp:depth
Session bpp (color depth) (default:16)
/buildconfig
Print the build configuration
/cert-deny
Automatically abort connection for any certificate that can not be
validated.
/cert-ignore
Ignore certificate
/cert-name:name
Certificate name
/cert-tofu
Automatically accept certificate on first connect
/client-hostname:name
Client Hostname to send to server
-clipboard
Redirect clipboard (default:on)
/codec-cache:[rfx|nsc|jpeg]
Bitmap codec cache
-compression, -z
compression (default:on)
/compression-level:level
Compression level (0,1,2)
+credentials-delegation
credentials delegation (default:off)
/d:domain
Domain
-decorations
Window decorations (default:on)
/disp
Display control
/drive:name,path
Redirect directory
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
wlog environment variable xfreerdp uses wLog as its log facility, you can refer to the corresponding man page (wlog(7)) for more informations. Arguments passed via the /log-level or /log-filters have precedence over the environment variables.
EXAMPLES
xfreerdp connection.rdp /p:Pwd123! /f
Connect in fullscreen mode using a stored configuration
connection.rdp and the password Pwd123!
xfreerdp /u:USER /size:50%h /v:rdp.contoso.com
Connect to host rdp.contoso.com with user USER and a size of 50
percent of the height. If width (w) is set instead of height (h)
like /size:50%w. 50 percent of the width is used.
xfreerdp /u:CONTOSO\\JohnDoe /p:Pwd123! /v:rdp.contoso.com
Connect to host rdp.contoso.com with user CONTOSO\\JohnDoe and
password Pwd123!
xfreerdp /u:JohnDoe /p:Pwd123! /w:1366 /h:768 /v:192.168.1.100:4489
Connect to host 192.168.1.100 on port 4489 with user JohnDoe,
password Pwd123!. The screen width is set to 1366 and the height to
768
xfreerdp /u:JohnDoe /p:Pwd123!
/vmconnect:C824F53E-95D2-46C6-9A18-23A5BB403532 /v:192.168.1.100
Establish a connection to host 192.168.1.100 with user JohnDoe,
password Pwd123! and connect to Hyper-V console (use port 2179,
disable negotiation) with VMID C824F53E-95D2-46C6-9A18-23A5BB403532
+clipboard
Activate clipboard redirection
/drive:home,/home/user
Activate drive redirection of /home/user as home drive
/smartcard:
LINKS
http://www.freerdp.com/
AUTHOR
The FreeRDP Team