Saving Credentials in Remote Desktop

[brunodalopes]

Is anyway or setting to save credentials in rdp connections?

[BornToBeRoot]

Hi @brunodalopes,

with the Connect as you can connect as another user with username + password.

If you want to save credentials you can do it in the "Group" dialog (if you want to use the credentials for multiple systems):

Or in the "Profile" dialog:

This credentials will be used if you double click a profile or connect via right click Connect.

For multiple users on the same system you have to create multiple profiles (with a different name System A - User A, System A - User B)

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If you don't set any credentials, the default credentials for mstsc.exe (default.rdp profile) is used.

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NOTE

If you save the credentials in the group or profile, you should encrypt the profile file. Otherwise, they are stored in the profile file as plain text.

See: https://borntoberoot.net/NETworkManager/FAQ#how-to-enable-profile-file-encryption

[brunodalopes]

Thank you very much for the great software and the answer.

[brunodalopes]

Can you save passwords for putty as well?

[BornToBeRoot]

Theoretically yes, but these would then be displayed in the command line in the taskmanager. So for security reasons rather no. I would use KeePass (or something similar) for this.

If KeePass Auto-Type works / is set up in a normal PuTTY window, it also works in NETworkManager

[brunodalopes]

Nice. Thank you

[BornToBeRoot]

Something like this works