OPTIONS¶
-0
Attach to the admin console of the server.
-a bpp
Sets the color depth for the connection to bpp
bits per pixel. Valid values are 8, 15, 16, 24 and 32. The default value is
the color depth of the FreeRDP-window.
-c dir
Sets the working-dir to dir. This parameter is
only used when an AlternateShell (-s shell) is requested. dir
should contain the executable file specified in the AlternateShell.
-D
Removes the windows decorations.
-d domain
Set the domain used in authentication to
domain.
-f
start in full screen mode. This mode can always be en-
and disabled using Ctrl-Alt-Enter.
-T text
Sets the window title to text.
-g geometry
Sets the size of the FreeRDP window (and of the remote
desktop, when establishing a new connection).
geometry can have one of
the following forms:
WxH
in this case the resulting window will be of
WxH pixels.
P%
in this case the resulting window will be P% of
your screen.
The special keyword workarea
in this case the resulting window will be of the same
size as your workarea.
-h
Print help.
-k id
Sets the keyboard-layout-id to id.
-K
Do not interfere with window manager bindings
(don´t grab keyboard).
-n hostname
Set the reported client hostname to hostname.
Default is to automatically detect the hostname.
-o
Play audio on the console instead of redirecting to the
client.
-p password
Password used in authentication.
-s shell
Sets the startup-shell to shell. This parameter
should contain a complete path to the alternate shell. If the alternete shell
requires a different working directory use -c dir.
-t port
Connect to port, instead of the default
3389.
-u username
Username used in authentication.
-x flag
Set the experience performance flags.
flag can be
one of:
m - (modem)
Equivalent to 15.
b - (broadband)
Equivalent to 1.
l - (lan)
Equivalent to 0.
num
A hexadecimal number that represents a bit-mask, were
numbers mean the following [1]:
1
Disable desktop wallpaper.
2
Disable full-window drag (only the window outline is
displayed when the window is moved).
4
Disable menu animations.
8
Disable user interface themes.
20
Disable mouse cursor shadows.
40
Disable cursor blinking.
80
Enable font smoothing.
100
Enable Desktop Composition.
-X xid
embed xfreerdp into window with xid.
-z
Enable compression.
--app
initialize a RemoteApp connection. This implies -g
workarea.
--no-auth
Skips authentication. This is useful e.g. for the current
FreeRDP server that doesn´t yet support server-side
authentication.
--authonly
Only authenticates. This is useful to test your
credentials (username and password). Returns status code 0 if the client can
connect. Requires a username, password and connection host at the command
line.
--no-bmp-cache
Disable bitmap cache.
--certificate-name name
use name for the logon certificate, instead of the
server name
--composition
Enable composition (RDVH only, not to be confused with
remote composition).
--ext extname
load extension extname
--no-fastpath
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.
--from-stdin
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.
--disable-full-window-drag
Disable full window drag.
--gdi backend
GDI (Graphics Device Interface) rendering backend.
backend can be either sw (software) or hw (hardware).
--help
Print help.
--ignore-certificate
ignore verification of logon certificate.
--kbd-list
list all keyboard layout ids used by -k
--disable-menu-animations
Disable menu animations.
--no-motion
Don´t send mouse motion events.
--no-nla
Disable network level authentication.
--nsc
Enable NSCodec.
--no-osb
Disable off screen bitmaps.
--plugin pluginname
Load
pluginname
In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, the following plugins are
available:
cliprdr
Clipboard support
drdynvc
Used for multimedia redirection
rdpsnd
For audio output
rail
Remote Applications Integrated Locally
rdpdbg
Debugging Virtual Channel
rdpdr
File System Support
As an example,
xfreerdp --plugin rdpsnd server
will enable audio output using the PulseAudio backend of the
rdpsnd plugin. Please Note that Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 does not include
support for the ALSA backend of the rdpsnd plugin.
--no-rdp
Disable Standard RDP encryption.
--rfx
Enable RemoteFX.
--rfx-mode
RemoteFX operational flags. flags can be either
v[ideo], i[mage]), default is video.
--ntlm version
Force NTLM protocol version to be version, which
can be one of 1 or 2.
--sec proto
Force protocol security. proto can be one of rdp,
tls or nla.
--secure-checksum
Use salted checksums with Standard RDP encryption.
--disable-theming
Disable theming.
--no-tls
Disable TLS encryption.
--version
Print version information.
--disable-wallpaper
Disable wallpaper.