Remotely Connecting to Windows from Linux/UNIX

rdesktop is a open source tool to connect to Windows machine remotely. Install this on your Linux/UNIX machine and connect to your Windows machine on the same network. Its the implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol which provides the user's Windows desktop.

This is how you get rdesktop working:

1. Download the source of the latest rdesktop version from the download link.
2. Extract the tar file to a local directory of your choice ( /usr/local/rdesktop in this case)using the command "tar xvzf rdesktop-1.6.0.tar.gz -C /usr/local/rdesktop"
3. Change your working directory to the unzipped location using the command "cd /usr/local/rdesktop/rdesktop-1.6.0"
4. Setup the installation using the command "./configure"
5. Compile the software using the command "make" and check if there are no errors.
6. Install the rdesktop client using the command "make install"
7. You can now access your windows machine using the command "./rdesktop server" where "server" is either the hostname or IP Address of your windows machine.


rdesktop options :

Usage: ./rdesktop [options] server

-u: user name
-d: domain
-s: shell
-c: working directory
-p: password (autologin)
-n: client hostname
-k: keyboard layout (hex)
-g: desktop geometry (WxH)
-f: full-screen mode
-b: force bitmap updates
-e: disable encryption (French TS)
-m: do not sendmotion events
-l: do not request license