The above command will open a Remote Desktop connection from command line, authenticate using default username and password (great for virtual machines; in the exampe above it's administrator:password), create a shared folder between your machine and the other machine and configure resolution to best fit your desktop (I don't like full screen because it make the desktop panels to disappear). The command will run in the background, and expect to receive parameters. You should enter hostname or IP address as a parameter to the command, and can also override the defaults parameters with your own.
This example uses xfreerdp, which builds upon the development of rdesktop. This example usage will also send you the remote machine's sound.
The above command will: - open a Remote Desktop connection to [servername / IP Address], - authenticate using [username] and [password], - configure resolution to best fit your desktop (I have a 1366x768px resolution so I left space for 2 panels of 22px each), - sets the color depth for the connection to 16 bpp, - hides the window manager decorations, - enables compression of the RDP data stream, - enables persistent bitmap caching.
Sets an alias to remote desktop to the specified console, along with options to ensure the RDP session takes up the whole screen, includes a home directory mapping, and clipboard mappings. Show Sample Output
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