How to connect Windows Remote Desktop from Linux Step by Step
Connecting Windows
Remote Desktop from Linux
If you are running Centos (Linux system) and wanted to
connect Remote windows system from CentOS then you have to install rdesktop Remote
Desktop Client. Using rdesktop you can easily connect Windows system from Linux.
rdesktop is an open source client for Microsoft's RDP protocol. It work with
Windows NT 4 Terminal Server,2000, XP, 2003, 2003 R2, Vista, 2008, 7, and 2008
R2. And it support RDP Version 4 and 5.
Installing rdesktop:-
You can download
package go to http://pkgs.org as per your distribution. Or you can install
rdesktop from repository :-
For CentOS/RedHat:-
# yum
install rdesktop
For Ubuntu:-
# apt-get
install rdesktop
After that
you are ready to access Windows Remote Desktop from terminal with following
command. For more help use man command (man rdesktop)
# rdesktop
<Server Name OR IP Address>
Eg:-
# rdesktop
192.168.125
