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--- services:remote-access:rdesktop [2013/07/11 14:42] – [Connecting from a Linux computer using Remote Desktop Viewer] glaubitz
+++ services:remote-access:rdesktop [2020/03/31 06:08] (current) – ziehm
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-====== Remote Desktop ======
+====== Remote Desktop (Linux) ======
-===== Connecting from a Windows computer =====
-If you are using Windows XP or newer, your computer has everything required to connect to a Windows computer at the department through //Remote Desktop// (rdesktop).
-Click on the Start button, then //All Programs//, //Accessories// and click //Remote Desktop Connection//.
-{{:services:remote-access:start_menu_edited.png|}}
-The following window will pop up. Type the name of the computer you would like to connect to (term.imp.fu-berlin.de in this case) and click //Connect//.
-{{:services:remote-access:rdesktop_window_edited.png|}}
-You will now see the following login window where you should be able to login with your normal login credentials from the Physics department. Don't forget to provide the domain name which is "FU-BERLIN" which can be provided by prepending your username with **FU-BERLIN\**.
-{{:services:remote-access:rdesktop_login_windows_edited.png|}}
-===== Connecting from a Linux computer using Remote Desktop Viewer =====
 //Remote Desktop Viewer// is a graphical tool provided by the GNOME Desktop (runs on KDE, MATE, XFCE and so on as well) to allow easy access and management of Remote Desktop connections to a Windows computer.
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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:
+Then run the xfreerdp command like this:
 <code>
-glaubitz@z6:~> rdesktop -a16 -g1024x768 term.imp.fu-berlin.de
+xfreerdp /d:FU-BERLIN /v:term.imp.fu-berlin.de /dynamic-resolution
 </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:
+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.
-<code>
+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**.
-glaubitz@z6:~> rdesktop -a16 -f term.imp.fu-berlin.de
-</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**.
+Upon pressing enter you will be prompted for your ZEDAT password in the terminal.
-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".
-{{:services:remote-access:rdesktop_login_linux.png}}