RDP from WSL

README.md

This was an experiment in WSL interop from way back in May 2018. My goal was to be able to type noel-pc123 from a bash terminal and immediately launch into an RDP session. Should still work!

msrdp-template.rdp

• This file is used with mstsc.exe to launch a remote desktop session
• This file must be encoded as UTF-16
• Replace the following values with your own:
  • DOMAIN\user: the credentials you will use for your connection
  • mygateway.example.com: the gateway server used for your connection (if unused - just remove the whole line)

msrdp-template.rdp

screen mode id:i:2
use multimon:i:1
desktopwidth:i:2560
desktopheight:i:1440
session bpp:i:32
winposstr:s:0,3,0,0,800,600
compression:i:1
keyboardhook:i:0
audiocapturemode:i:0
videoplaybackmode:i:1
connection type:i:7
networkautodetect:i:1
bandwidthautodetect:i:1
displayconnectionbar:i:1
username:s:DOMAIN\user
enableworkspacereconnect:i:0
disable wallpaper:i:0
allow font smoothing:i:0
allow desktop composition:i:0
disable full window drag:i:1
disable menu anims:i:1
disable themes:i:0
disable cursor setting:i:0
bitmapcachepersistenable:i:1
full address:s:COMPUTER_FQDN
audiomode:i:2
redirectprinters:i:0
redirectcomports:i:0
redirectsmartcards:i:1
redirectclipboard:i:1
redirectposdevices:i:0
drivestoredirect:s:
autoreconnection enabled:i:1
authentication level:i:2
prompt for credentials:i:0
negotiate security layer:i:1
remoteapplicationmode:i:0
alternate shell:s:
shell working directory:s:
gatewayhostname:s:mygateway.example.com
gatewayusagemethod:i:2
gatewaycredentialssource:i:4
gatewayprofileusagemethod:i:1
promptcredentialonce:i:1
gatewaybrokeringtype:i:0
use redirection server name:i:0
rdgiskdcproxy:i:0
kdcproxyname:s:

rdp.sh

function msrdp() {
  WIN_TEMP=`cmd.exe /c echo %TEMP% | sed --expression='s/\r//g;s/\\\/\\\\\\\/g'`
  WIN_TEMP=`wslpath -u $WIN_TEMP`
  RDP_PATH="$WIN_TEMP/$1.rdp"
  iconv -f utf-16 -t us-ascii < msrdp-template.rdp | \
    sed "s/COMPUTER_FQDN/$1/g" | \
    iconv -f us-ascii -t utf-16 \
    > $RDP_PATH
  WIN_RDP_PATH=`wslpath -w $RDP_PATH | sed --expression='s/\\\/\\\\\\\/g'`
  mstsc.exe $WIN_RDP_PATH
}

alias noel-pc123="msrdp noel-pc123.corp.example.com 2&>1 & disown"