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General Syntax
You can use the vmware-view command-line interface or some properties in conguration les to specify
options for xfreerdp, just as you can for rdesktop.
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To specify that Horizon Client should run xfreerdp rather than rdesktop, use the appropriate
command-line option or conguration key.
Command-line option:
--rdpclient="xfreerdp"
Conguration key:
view.rdpClient="xfreerdp"
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To specify options to forward to the xfreerdp program, use the appropriate command-line option or
conguration key, and specify the FreeRDP options.
Command-line option:
--xfreerdpOptions
Conguration key:
view.xfreerdpOptions
For more information about using the vmware-view command-line interface and conguration les, see
“Using the Horizon Client Command-Line Interface and Conguration Files,” on page 26.
Syntax for Network Level Authentication
Many conguration options for the rdesktop program are the same as for the xfreerdp program. One
important dierence is that xfreerdp supports network-level authentication (NLA). NLA is turned o by
default. You must use the following command-line option to turn on network-level authentication:
--enableNla
Also, you must add the /cert-ignore option so that the certicate verication process can succeed.
Following is an example of the correct syntax:
vmware-view --enableNla --rdpclient=xfreerdp --xfreerdpOptions="/p:password /cert-ignore /u:user-
name /d:domain-name /v:server"
If the password contains any special characters, escape the special characters (for example: \$).
Syntax Specific to Using FreeRDP with Horizon Client
Keep the following guidelines in mind:
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You must escape special characters that you might normally place in quotation marks. For example, the
following command does not work because the special character $ in pa$$word is not escaped:
(incorrect) vmware-view --rdpclient=xfreerdp --xfreerdpOptions="/p:'pa$
$word' /u:'crt\administrator'"
Instead, you must use:
(correct) vmware-view --rdpclient=xfreerdp --
xfreerdpOptions="/p:'pa\$\$word' /u:'crt\administrator'"
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If end users will use a session-in-session implementation of Horizon Client, you must use the /rfx
option. An example of a session-in-session implementation is one in which an end user logs in to
Horizon Client on a thin client, so that the Horizon Client interface is the only one the end user sees,
and the end user then launches a nested version of Horizon Client in order to use a remote application
provided by an RDS host. In cases like this, if you do not use the /rfx option, the end user will not be
able to see the remote desktop and application icons in the desktop and application selector of the
nested client.
Chapter 2 Configuring Horizon Client for End Users
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