$ ssh -f -L3389::3389 “sleep 10″ && rdesktop -T’‘ -uAdministrator -g800x600 -a8 -rsound:off -rclipboard:PRIMARYCLIPBOARD -5 localhost

This command will:

1. open an SSH tunnel to

2. go to background

3. wait for 10 seconds for the connection

4. during the 10 seconds wait it will localy run ‘rdesktop’ to connect to the remote host through the created SSH tunnel.

Password-less log in can be achieved (when server allows it) by adding ‘-p ‘ to the ‘rdesktop’ command

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