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--- services:remote-access:rdesktop [2013/07/16 13:44] – glaubitz
+++ services:remote-access:rdesktop [2020/02/03 09:14] – Update commandline xfreerdp docs behrmj87
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 Again, click //Connect//. If the connection was successful, the familiar Windows login screen should appear and you are able to log in.
+**If the connection was unsuccessful then try connecting using just your //username// (without the prefix //FU-BERLIN\// seen in the screenshot above) and input //FU-BERLIN// as the //Domain// if it is requested.**
 {{:services:remote-access:remote_desktop_viewer_linux_connected.png|}}
 ===== Connecting from a Linux computer using the command line =====
-To connect to a Windows computer through //Remote Desktop// (rdesktop) from Linux computer, you can use the command //rdesktop// which is readily available on the Linux computers at the department. If you want to use rdesktop on your Linux computer at home, you will probably have to install it first through your package manager (//sudo apt-get install rdesktop// on Ubuntu, for example).
+To connect to a Windows computer through //Remote Desktop// from a Linux computer, you can use the command //xfreerdp// which is readily available on the Linux computers at the department. If you want to use xfreerdp on your Linux computer at home, you will probably have to install it first through your package manager (e.g. ''sudo apt-get install freerdp2-x11'' on Ubuntu).
-Then run the rdesktop command like this:
-<code>
-glaubitz@z6:~> rdesktop -a16 -g1024x768 term.imp.fu-berlin.de
-</code>
-The number after the option **a** specifies the color depth in bits while the two numbers after the **g** option specify the resolution to be used for the connection. If you would like to connect to Windows computer in full screen, use the option **f** instead, thus:
+Then run the xfreerdp command like this:
 <code>
-glaubitz@z6:~> rdesktop -a16 -f term.imp.fu-berlin.de
+xfreerdp /d:FU-BERLIN /v:term.imp.fu-berlin.de /dynamic-resolution
 </code>
-The Windows computer which you want to connect to is the last parameter provided to //rdesktop//. In this case, it is **term.imp.fu-berlin.de**.
+This will scale the Window size dynamically, but you can use a fixed size using ''/size:<width>x<height>'', e.g. ''/size:1920x1080'', or fullscreen mode using ''/f'' instead.
-When the connection was successful, you should be prompted with the familiar Windows login screen where you can log in using your credentials from the Physics department. Don't forget to prepend your username with **FU-BERLIN\** in order to log in to the domain "FU-BERLIN".
+The Windows computer which you want to connect to is the parameter provided to via ''/v:''. In this case, it is **term.imp.fu-berlin.de**.
-{{:services:remote-access:rdesktop_login_linux.png}}
+Upon pressing enter you will be prompted for your ZEDAT password in the terminal.
 ===== Connecting from a MacOS X computer =====