Ubuntu Remote Desktop Connection Windows system

Now with Ubuntu system, the company bought a Windows server, need to configure a set of environments, run back and forth very troublesome, like Windows can be Remote Desktop, Linux should also have.

Now your own ubuntu13.10, unable to access the desktop "system settings" item, thus excluding a "Ubuntu system above, click and open the following menu: Application-----Internet-----Terminal Services Client" method, This method is similar to the Remote Desktop entry for Windows.

Rdesktop is now using this software to complete my needs. It's actually quite simple.

Ubuntu side:

sudo apt-get install Rdesktop

Windows side:

You need to allow this Windows remote access.

My Windows is Windows server2012, basic operations: Computer---Properties---remote settings---remote,

TICK: Allow remote connection to this computer. Remove the default tick: Allow only run using Network Level Authentication ..., (if you do not cancel this, the "ERROR:RECV: Connection is set to end multiplicity" will appear at run time).

Start from Ubuntu and only need one command:

Rdesktop-f-A 16 192.168.1.112

It's OK.

Extension

Usage: rdesktop[options] server[:p ORT]

The command parameters commonly used are:

- u user name

- p password

-N Client host name (displays the connection client name in Windows Task Manager)

-G Desktop Size (w * h)[can also be x (lowercase x)]

-F Full Screen mode , switch from full screen mode to press ctrl+alt+enter

- A connection color depth (up to 16 bits), General 16 will show True Color (window7 support 32-bit)

-0 Number 0 means connect on Windows console, equivalent mstsc/console command

Example:

1, in full-screen mode with True color, the client named Connection, user name pan connection 192.168.0.100 console

$rdesktop-F-a 16-n connection-u pan-0 192.168.0.100

2, 800*600 (w*H) window size, True color, user name pan, open the remote port 16453 192.168.0.101 console

$rdesktop-G 800*600-a 16-u pan-0 192.168.0.101:16453

Ubuntu Remote Desktop Connection Windows system