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# rdesktop - A Remote Desktop Protocol client
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rdesktop is an open source client for Microsoft's RDP protocol. It is
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known to work with Windows versions ranging from NT 4 Terminal Server
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to Windows 2012 R2 RDS. rdesktop currently has implemented the RDP version 4
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and 5 protocols.
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## Installation
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rdesktop uses a GNU-style build procedure. Typically all that is necessary
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to install rdesktop is the following:
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% ./configure
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% make
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% make install
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The default is to install under `/usr/local`. This can be changed by adding
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`--prefix=<directory>` to the configure line.
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The smart-card support module uses PCSC-lite. You should use PCSC-lite 1.2.9 or
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later. To enable smart-card support in the rdesktop add `--enable-smartcard` to
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the configure line.
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## Note for users building from source
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If you have retrieved a snapshot of the rdesktop source, you will first
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need to run `./bootstrap` in order to generate the build infrastructure.
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This is not necessary for release versions of rdesktop.
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## Usage
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Connect to an RDP server with:
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% rdesktop server
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where `server` is the name of the Terminal Services machine. If you receive
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"Connection refused", this probably means that the server does not have
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Terminal Services enabled, or there is a firewall blocking access.
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You can also specify a number of options on the command line. These are listed
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in the rdesktop manual page (run `man rdesktop`).
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