freerdp-shadow-cli(1)

hey bestie 💖 welcome to freerdp-shadow-cli(1), the FreeRDP manual page that's all about sharing your X display over RDP. yes, like VNC but with RDP energy. it's giving remote desktop but make it sparkle ✨.

✨ NAME ✨

freerdp-shadow-cli — a utility for sharing an X display via RDP. periodt. 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

freerdp-shadow-cli [/port:<port number>] [/ipc-socket:<ipc-socket>]
[/monitors:<0,1,2,...>] [/rect:<x,y,w,h>] [+auth] [-may-view] [-may-
interact] [/sec:<rdp|tls|nla|ext>] [-sec-rdp] [-sec-tls] [-sec-nla]
[-sec-ext] [/sam-file:<file>] [/version] [/help]

👀 tiny note: the synopsis spells [+auth] and [-sec-ext], while the options list spells -auth and +sec-ext. I'm keeping both exactly as written, bestie — no edits, no cap.

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

freerdp-shadow-cli lets you share a running X display like with VNC, but using RDP instead. it's also possible to share only parts (rect) of the display. iconic. 🌈

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• /ipc-socket:<ipc-socket> — if this option is set, an ipc socket with the path ipc-socket is used instead of a TCP socket. 🫶
• /port:<port> — set the port to use. Default is 3389. This option is ignored if ipc-socket is used.
• /monitors:<1,2,3,...> — select the monitor(s) to share. 👀
• /rect:<x,y,w,h> — select rectangle within monitor to share.
• -auth — disable authentication. If authentication is enabled PAM is used with the X11 subsystem. Running as root is not necessary, however if run as user only the same user that started freerdp-shadow-cli can authenticate.

⚠️ Warning: If authentication is disabled everyone can connect. 😭

• -may-view — clients may view without prompt.
• -may-interact — clients may interact without prompt.
• /sec:<rdp|tls|nla|ext> — force a specific protocol security.
• -sec-rdp — disable RDP security (default:on).
• -sec-tls — disable TLS protocol security (default:on).
• -sec-nla — disable NLA protocol security (default:on).
• +sec-ext — use NLA extended protocol security (default:off).
• /sam-file:<file> — NTLM SAM file for NLA authentication.
• /version — print the version and exit.
• /help — print the help and exit.

🌸 EXAMPLES 🌸

freerdp-shadow-cli /port:12345

When run as user within an X session (for example from an xterm) a socket on 12345 is opened and the current display is shared via RDP. slay. ✨

⭐ EXIT STATUS ⭐

• 0 — successful program execution. 🎉
• 1 — otherwise. 💀

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

wlog(7) — go read it, bestie. 📖

💌 AUTHOR 💌

FreeRDP <team@freerdp.com> — mwah, thanks bestie. 💖

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cute sign-off: this little manual page is freerdp-shadow-cli(1), from FreeRDP, version 2.11.7, dated 2017-01-12. bye bestie, go share that display responsibly 🌈✨💅