<FILENAME filename="index.html"><html><head><title>The Remote Desktop Connection Handbook</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-default.css"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-docs.css"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-localised.css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot"><meta name="description" content="Remote Desktop Connection is a client application that allows you to view or even control the desktop session on another machine that is running a compatible server. VNC and RDP is supported."><meta name="keywords" content="KDE, kdenetwork, krfb, VNC, RFB, krdc, Desktop Sharing, Remote Control, Remote Assistance, Remote Desktop, RDP, Remote Administration"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="The Remote Desktop Connection Handbook"><link rel="next" href="introduction.html" title="Chapter 1. Introduction"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="GENERATOR" content="KDE XSL Stylesheet V1.14 using libxslt"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div id="content"><div id="header"><div id="header_content"><div id="header_left"><div id="header_right"><img src="help:/kdoctools5-common/top-kde.jpg" width="36" height="34"> The <span class="application">Remote Desktop Connection</span> Handbook</div></div></div></div><div class="navCenter"><table class="navigation"><tr><td class="prevCell"></td><td class="upCell"> </td><td class="nextCell"><a accesskey="n" href="introduction.html">Next</a></td></tr></table></div><div id="contentBody"><div lang="en" class="book"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h1 class="title"><a name="krdc"></a>The <span class="application">Remote Desktop Connection</span> Handbook</h1></div><div><div class="authorgroup"><p class="author"><span class="firstname">Brad</span> <span class="surname">Hards</span> <code class="email"><bradh@frogmouth.net></code></p><p class="author"><span class="firstname">Urs</span> <span class="surname">Wolfer</span> <code class="email"><uwolfer @ kde.org></code></p></div></div><div>Revision <span class="releaseinfo">Applications 16.08 (<span class="date">2016-07-25</span>)</span></div><div><p class="copyright">Copyright © 2003, 2008 </p></div><div><p><a href="help:/kdoctools5-common/fdl-notice.html">Legal Notice</a></p></div><div><div><div class="abstract"><p> <span class="application">Remote Desktop Connection</span> is a client application that allows you to view or even control the desktop session on another machine that is running a compatible server. <acronym class="acronym">VNC</acronym> and <acronym class="acronym">RDP</acronym> is supported. </p></div></div></div></div><hr></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl class="toc"><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="introduction.html">1. Introduction</a></span></dt><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="what-is-RFB.html">2. The Remote Frame Buffer protocol</a></span></dt><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="using-krdc.html">3. Using <span class="application">Remote Desktop Connection</span></a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="using-krdc.html#compatible-versions">Connecting <span class="application">Remote Desktop Connection</span> to compatible servers</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="using-krdc.html#idm107">Server name entry</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="using-krdc.html#idm137">Using an invitation</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="connection.html">What happens when you connect</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="controlling-remote.html">Controlling the remote desktop connection</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="controlling-remote.html#idm213">Using window mode</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="controlling-remote.html#idm216">Using full screen mode</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="bookmarks.html">Bookmarks</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="bookmarks.html#idm236">History Bookmarks</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="managing-configuration.html">Managing <span class="application">Remote Desktop Connection</span> configuration</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="faq.html">4. Questions and Answers</a></span></dt><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="credits.html">5. Credits and License</a></span></dt></dl></div><FILENAME filename="introduction.html"><html><head><title>Chapter 1. Introduction</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-default.css"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-docs.css"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-localised.css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot"><meta name="keywords" content="KDE, kdenetwork, krfb, VNC, RFB, krdc, Desktop Sharing, Remote Control, Remote Assistance, Remote Desktop, RDP, Remote Administration"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="The Remote Desktop Connection Handbook"><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="The Remote Desktop Connection Handbook"><link rel="prev" href="index.html" title="The Remote Desktop Connection Handbook"><link rel="next" href="what-is-RFB.html" title="Chapter 2. The Remote Frame Buffer protocol"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="GENERATOR" content="KDE XSL Stylesheet V1.14 using libxslt"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div id="content"><div id="header"><div id="header_content"><div id="header_left"><div id="header_right"><img src="help:/kdoctools5-common/top-kde.jpg" width="36" height="34"> Introduction</div></div></div></div><div class="navCenter"><table class="navigation"><tr><td class="prevCell"><a accesskey="p" href="index.html">Prev</a></td><td class="upCell"> </td><td class="nextCell"><a accesskey="n" href="what-is-RFB.html">Next</a></td></tr></table></div><div id="contentBody"><div class="chapter"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h1 class="title"><a name="introduction"></a>Chapter 1. Introduction</h1></div></div></div><p> <span class="application">Remote Desktop Connection</span> is a client application that allows you to view or even control the desktop session on another machine that is running a compatible server. </p><p> You would typically use <span class="application">Remote Desktop Connection</span> with the <span class="orgname">KDE</span> <acronym class="acronym">VNC</acronym> server (<span class="application">Desktop Sharing</span>), which is also known as Krfb, since it closely matches the special features of <span class="application">Remote Desktop Connection</span>. </p><p> If you want to start <span class="application">Remote Desktop Connection</span> from <span class="application">Konsole</span>, the command is <strong class="userinput"><code><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="command"><span class="command"><strong>krdc</strong></span></span></code></strong>. </p><p> Please report any problems or feature requests to the <span class="orgname">KDE</span> mailing lists or file a bug at <a class="ulink" href="https://bugs.kde.org" target="_top">https://bugs.kde.org</a>. </p></div></div><div id="footer"><div class="navCenter"><table class="navigation"><tr><td class="prevCell"><a accesskey="p" href="index.html">Prev</a></td><td class="upCell"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Contents</a></td><td class="nextCell"><a accesskey="n" href="what-is-RFB.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td class="prevCell">The <span class="application">Remote Desktop Connection</span> Handbook </td><td class="upCell"> </td><td class="nextCell"> The Remote Frame Buffer protocol</td></tr></table></div><div id="footer_text">Would you like to make a comment or contribute an update to this page?<br>Send feedback to the <a href="mailto:kde-doc-english@kde.org" class="footer_email">KDE Docs Team</a></div></div></div></body></html></FILENAME><FILENAME filename="what-is-RFB.html"><html><head><title>Chapter 2. The Remote Frame Buffer protocol</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-default.css"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-docs.css"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-localised.css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot"><meta name="keywords" content="KDE, kdenetwork, krfb, VNC, RFB, krdc, Desktop Sharing, Remote Control, Remote Assistance, Remote Desktop, RDP, Remote Administration"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="The Remote Desktop Connection Handbook"><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="The Remote Desktop Connection Handbook"><link rel="prev" href="introduction.html" title="Chapter 1. Introduction"><link rel="next" href="using-krdc.html" title="Chapter 3. Using Remote Desktop Connection"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="GENERATOR" content="KDE XSL Stylesheet V1.14 using libxslt"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div id="content"><div id="header"><div id="header_content"><div id="header_left"><div id="header_right"><img src="help:/kdoctools5-common/top-kde.jpg" width="36" height="34"> The Remote Frame Buffer protocol</div></div></div></div><div class="navCenter"><table class="navigation"><tr><td class="prevCell"><a accesskey="p" href="introduction.html">Prev</a></td><td class="upCell"> </td><td class="nextCell"><a accesskey="n" href="using-krdc.html">Next</a></td></tr></table></div><div id="contentBody"><div class="chapter"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h1 class="title"><a name="what-is-RFB"></a>Chapter 2. The Remote Frame Buffer protocol</h1></div></div></div><p> This chapter provides a brief description of the Remote Frame Buffer protocol used by <span class="application">Remote Desktop Connection</span> and by other compatible systems. If you are already familiar with Remote Frame Buffer, you can safely skip this chapter. </p><p> The high level implementation of a system using the Remote Frame Buffer protocol is known as Virtual Network Computer, or more often just as <acronym class="acronym">VNC</acronym>. </p><p> Remote Frame Buffer (or <acronym class="acronym">RFB</acronym> for short) is a simple protocol for remote access to graphical user interfaces. It works at the frame-buffer level, which roughly corresponds to the rendered screen image, which means that it can be applied to all windowing systems (including X11, <span class="trademark">Mac</span>® <acronym class="acronym">OS</acronym> and <span class="trademark">Microsoft</span>® <span class="trademark">Windows</span>®). Remote Frame Buffer applications exist for many platforms, and can often be free re-distributed. </p><p> In the Remote Frame Buffer protocol, the application that runs on the machine where the user sits (containing the display, keyboard and pointer) is called the client. The application that runs on the machine where the framebuffer is located (which is running the windowing system and applications that the user is remotely controlling) is called the server. <span class="application">Remote Desktop Connection</span> is the <span class="orgname">KDE</span> client for the Remote Frame Buffer protocol. <span class="application">Desktop Sharing</span> is the <span class="orgname">KDE</span> server for the Remote Frame Buffer protocol. </p><p> It takes a reasonable amount of network traffic to send an image of the framebuffer, so Remote Frame Buffer works best over high bandwidth links, such as a local area network. It is still possible to use <span class="application">Remote Desktop Connection</span> over other links, but performance is unlikely to be as good. </p></div></div><div id="footer"><div class="navCenter"><table class="navigation"><tr><td class="prevCell"><a accesskey="p" href="introduction.html">Prev</a></td><td class="upCell"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Contents</a></td><td class="nextCell"><a accesskey="n" href="using-krdc.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td class="prevCell">Introduction </td><td class="upCell"> </td><td class="nextCell"> Using <span class="application">Remote Desktop Connection</span></td></tr></table></div><div id="footer_text">Would you like to make a comment or contribute an update to this page?<br>Send feedback to the <a href="mailto:kde-doc-english@kde.org" class="footer_email">KDE Docs Team</a></div></div></div></body></html></FILENAME><FILENAME filename="using-krdc.html"><html><head><title>Chapter 3. Using Remote Desktop Connection</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-default.css"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-docs.css"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-localised.css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot"><meta name="keywords" content="KDE, kdenetwork, krfb, VNC, RFB, krdc, Desktop Sharing, Remote Control, Remote Assistance, Remote Desktop, RDP, Remote Administration"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="The Remote Desktop Connection Handbook"><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="The Remote Desktop Connection Handbook"><link rel="prev" href="what-is-RFB.html" title="Chapter 2. 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Using <span class="application">Remote Desktop Connection</span></h1></div></div></div><p> It is very easy to use <span class="application">Remote Desktop Connection</span> - it has a simple interface, as shown in the screenshot below. </p><p> </p><div class="screenshot"><div xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="mediaobject"><img src="krdc_mainwindow.png" alt="Remote Desktop Connection main window"></div></div><p> </p><div class="sect1"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="compatible-versions"></a>Connecting <span class="application">Remote Desktop Connection</span> to compatible servers</h2></div></div></div><p> <span class="application">Remote Desktop Connection</span> is a client, and it needs to be used with compatible servers. There are different ways to connect to those servers: </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p>Directly typing the server name (or IP address) into the <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Connect to:</span></span> input.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>By using an invitation that you received. <span class="application">Desktop Sharing</span> uses invitations, and can send them by email.</p></li></ul></div><p> Let's look at each of these in turn. </p><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="idm107"></a>Server name entry</h3></div></div></div><p> If you know the host name (or IP address) of the server you want to connect to, you can enter it directly into the <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Connect to:</span></span> input. </p><p> If you want to connect to a machine named megan, which is running a <acronym class="acronym">VNC</acronym> server on screen 1 (5901), you can enter <strong class="userinput"><code>megan:1</code></strong> or <strong class="userinput"><code>megan:5901</code></strong> and choose <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">vnc</span></span> as the protocol in the drop down box. </p><p> </p><div class="screenshot"><div xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="mediaobject"><img src="address_input.png" alt="Entering a hostname into Remote Desktop Connection"></div></div><p> </p><p> Similary, if you are using a <acronym class="acronym">RDP</acronym> server on that machine, you can enter <strong class="userinput"><code>megan</code></strong>. Choose <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">rdp</span></span> as the protocol. <acronym class="acronym">RDP</acronym> does not need the screen number to be specified. If the server runs the <acronym class="acronym">RDP</acronym> server not on the default port, you may specify it in the following way: <strong class="userinput"><code>megan:3910</code></strong> </p><p>You need to enter an <acronym class="acronym">URL</acronym> in percent encoded syntax, i.e. @ as %40, for <abbr class="abbrev">e.g.</abbr> <strong class="userinput"><code>username%40ad.domain.example</code></strong> </p></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="idm137"></a>Using an invitation</h3></div></div></div><p> Within the <span class="application">Desktop Sharing</span> server application, it is possible to send invitations over email (and in other ways, although email is the most useful). If you receive this type of email invitation, you can just click on the link provided in the mail. This will start <span class="application">Remote Desktop Connection</span> if it is not already running, and connect to the server specified in the invitation. </p></div></div><FILENAME filename="connection.html"><html><head><title>What happens when you connect</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-default.css"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-docs.css"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-localised.css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot"><meta name="keywords" content="KDE, kdenetwork, krfb, VNC, RFB, krdc, Desktop Sharing, Remote Control, Remote Assistance, Remote Desktop, RDP, Remote Administration"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="The Remote Desktop Connection Handbook"><link rel="up" href="using-krdc.html" title="Chapter 3. 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For example, if a host has two names, and deselect the checkbox when connecting using one name, you won't get asked if you connect using that name, although you will be asked if you use the other name, or the IP address. </p><p> You select the appropriate speed setting, and select the <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guibutton">OK</span></span> to proceed. </p><p> You can see the connection status in the icon in the tab. </p><p> Depending on the configuration of the server, you may (and almost certainly will) need to provide a password to authenticate to the server. <span class="application">Remote Desktop Connection</span> will provide a password dialog similar to that shown below. </p><p> <span class="application">Remote Desktop Connection</span> has the ability to save the password for further connections to the same host. It uses KWallet for doing this. You need to check the <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guibutton">Remember password (KWallet)</span></span> check box if you like to use this feature. </p><p> </p><div class="screenshot"><div xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="mediaobject"><img src="password_entry.png" alt="Remote Desktop Connection password entry"></div></div><p> </p><p> After authentication, you will be connected to the remote server, and can begin using <span class="application">Remote Desktop Connection</span> to observe or control the remote desktop. </p></div></div><div id="footer"><div class="navCenter"><table class="navigation"><tr><td class="prevCell"><a accesskey="p" href="using-krdc.html">Prev</a></td><td class="upCell"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Contents</a></td><td class="nextCell"><a accesskey="n" href="controlling-remote.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td class="prevCell">Using <span class="application">Remote Desktop Connection</span> </td><td class="upCell">Using <span class="application">Remote Desktop Connection</span></td><td class="nextCell"> Controlling the remote desktop connection</td></tr></table></div><div id="footer_text">Would you like to make a comment or contribute an update to this page?<br>Send feedback to the <a href="mailto:kde-doc-english@kde.org" class="footer_email">KDE Docs Team</a></div></div></div></body></html></FILENAME><FILENAME filename="controlling-remote.html"><html><head><title>Controlling the remote desktop connection</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-default.css"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-docs.css"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-localised.css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot"><meta name="keywords" content="KDE, kdenetwork, krfb, VNC, RFB, krdc, Desktop Sharing, Remote Control, Remote Assistance, Remote Desktop, RDP, Remote Administration"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="The Remote Desktop Connection Handbook"><link rel="up" href="using-krdc.html" title="Chapter 3. Using Remote Desktop Connection"><link rel="prev" href="connection.html" title="What happens when you connect"><link rel="next" href="bookmarks.html" title="Bookmarks"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="GENERATOR" content="KDE XSL Stylesheet V1.14 using libxslt"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div id="content"><div id="header"><div id="header_content"><div id="header_left"><div id="header_right"><img src="help:/kdoctools5-common/top-kde.jpg" width="36" height="34"> Controlling the remote desktop connection</div></div></div></div><div class="navCenter"><table class="navigation"><tr><td class="prevCell"><a accesskey="p" href="connection.html">Prev</a></td><td class="upCell">Using <span class="application">Remote Desktop Connection</span></td><td class="nextCell"><a accesskey="n" href="bookmarks.html">Next</a></td></tr></table></div><div id="contentBody"><div class="sect1"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="controlling-remote"></a>Controlling the remote desktop connection</h2></div></div></div><p> Having connected to the remote server, you would normally use the keyboard and mouse to control the windowing system and applications on that remote machine. </p><p> You can view the remote desktop either as a full screen, or as a window on the local desktop. You can change between these modes using icons shown below. </p><p> </p><div class="screenshot"><div xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="mediaobject"><img src="view-fullscreen.png" alt="Remote Desktop Connection full screen mode selection"></div></div><p> </p><p> </p><div class="screenshot"><div xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="mediaobject"><img src="view-restore.png" alt="Remote Desktop Connection window mode selection"></div></div><p> </p><p> Full screen mode is normally better when you are helping a remote user, because you can see all of what they can see. Window mode is most useful when you are working both remotely and locally - perhaps referring to some local documentation and then using those instructions on the remote machine. </p><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="idm213"></a>Using window mode</h3></div></div></div><p> In window mode, you can terminate the connection by closing the window, by clicking on the logout button. </p></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="idm216"></a>Using full screen mode</h3></div></div></div><p> In full screen mode, you can change the appearance of the toolbar. 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Credits and License</h1></div></div></div><p> <span class="application">Remote Desktop Connection</span> </p><p> The <span class="application">Remote Desktop Connection</span> project has been started by Tim Jansen <code class="email">(tim AT tjansen.de)</code>. As a Google Summer of Code 2007 project, Urs Wolfer <code class="email">(uwolfer AT kde.org)</code> has completely rewritten <span class="application">Remote Desktop Connection</span>. 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