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Table 2‑4. Horizon Client Command-Line Options and Configuration File Keys (Continued)
Configuration Key Command-Line Option Description
None
--enableNla
(Applies if you are using FreeRDP for RDP
connections) Enables network-level authentication
(NLA). You must use this option in conjunction with
the --ignore-certificate option. For more
information, see “Using FreeRDP for RDP
Connections,” on page 41.
NLA is turned off by default if you are using FreeRDP.
You must have the correct version of FreeRDP installed,
along with any applicable patches. For more
information, see “Install and Configure FreeRDP,” on
page 42.
NOTE The rdesktop program does not support NLA.
None
--printEnvironmentInfo
Displays information about the environment of a client
device, including its IP address, MAC address, machine
name, and domain name.
For kiosk mode, you can create an account for the client
based on the MAC address. To display the MAC
address, you must use this option with the -s option.
Example of using the command-line option:
--printEnvironmentInfo
-s view.company.com
None
--usb=
Specifies which options to use for USB redirection. See
Chapter 6, “Configuring USB Redirection on the
Client,” on page 69.
None
--version
Displays version information about Horizon Client.
Example: Kiosk Mode Example
Kiosk users might include customers at airline check-in stations, students in classrooms or libraries, medical
personnel at medical data entry workstations, or customers at self-service points. Accounts are associated
with client devices rather than users because users do not need to log in to use the client device or the View
desktop. Users can still be required to provide authentication credentials for some applications.
To set up kiosk mode, you must use the vdmadmin command-line interface on the View Connection Server
instance and perform several procedures documented in the chapter about kiosk mode in the View
Administration document. After you set up kiosk mode, you can use the vmware-view command on a Linux
client to connect to a View desktop in kiosk mode.
To connect to View desktops from Linux clients in kiosk mode, you must, at a minimum, include the
following configuration keys or command-line options.
Configuration Key Equivalent Command-line Options
view.kioskLogin --kioskLogin
view.nonInteractive -q, --nonInteractive
view.fullScreen --fullscreen
view.nomenubar --nomenubar
view.defaultBroker -s, --serverURL=
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