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      <title>How to configure the shared sessions</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
      
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;In MobaXterm you can share sessions between your team members.
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Here is a guide showing how to accomplish this.
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&lt;big&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Share the sessions between the team members:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/big&gt;
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1. Create a folder with the sessions you want to share with your team
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  &lt;img src=&#34;https://blog.mobatek.net/img/screenshots/create_folder.png&#34; alt=&#34;Create Folder&#34; /&gt;
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2. Right-click on the folder and select &amp;ldquo;Share these sessions with my team&amp;rdquo;
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  &lt;img src=&#34;https://blog.mobatek.net/img/screenshots/share_with_team.png&#34; alt=&#34;Share with team&#34; /&gt;
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3. In this menu you can select:
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- Which are the sessions that will be shared
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- Where the shared sessions file will be saved on your computer
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- Who can modify, add, or delete the shared sessions.
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Note this field is provided only for convenience to teams who may share sessions and allow members to edit them: it only prevents unauthorized users from mistakenly modifying shared sessions.
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However it does not provide any security: if you have write access to the file where the shared sessions are stored, you could easily edit it with a text editor or overwrite it.
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If you really need to secure the shared sessions, you must secure the read/write access to the folder where the file is stored!
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  &lt;img src=&#34;https://blog.mobatek.net/img/screenshots/menu_share.png&#34; alt=&#34;Menu Share&#34; /&gt;
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4. A .mxtsessions file should be created at the location chosen previously.
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5. The next steps have to be done on a computer where you want to access the shared sessions.
Open the global settings of MobaXterm and select &amp;ldquo;Manage my shared sessions&amp;rdquo;
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  &lt;img src=&#34;https://blog.mobatek.net/img/screenshots/manage_shared_sessions.png&#34; alt=&#34;Manage Shared Sessions&#34; /&gt;
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6. Select &amp;ldquo;Manage existing shared sessions&amp;rdquo;
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  &lt;img src=&#34;https://blog.mobatek.net/img/screenshots/manage_existing.png&#34; alt=&#34;Existing Shared Sessions&#34; /&gt;
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7. You will be able to configure the access to the share session on this computer:
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  &lt;img src=&#34;https://blog.mobatek.net/img/screenshots/add.png&#34; alt=&#34;add&#34; /&gt;
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8. You can choose different backend protocols to access your shared session file
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(Note: Main options are in &amp;ldquo;shared folder&amp;rdquo;)
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  &lt;img src=&#34;https://blog.mobatek.net/img/screenshots/backend_protocol.png&#34; alt=&#34;backend protocol&#34; /&gt;
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9. You have diverse options to refresh the shared sessions:
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  &lt;img src=&#34;https://blog.mobatek.net/img/screenshots/refresh.png&#34; alt=&#34;refresh&#34; /&gt;
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10. Your shared sessions folder should appear in the tree after applying the settings:
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  &lt;img src=&#34;https://blog.mobatek.net/img/screenshots/tree.png&#34; alt=&#34;tree&#34; /&gt;
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&lt;big&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Users with different credentials for shared sessions&lt;/big&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt;
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If you have different users and need to save a different credential for each user you can perform these steps:
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1. On the computer where you can edit the shared sessions create a new credential:
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  &lt;img src=&#34;https://blog.mobatek.net/img/screenshots/new_credential.png&#34; alt=&#34;new credential&#34; /&gt;
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2. For the example, we will give it the name of the server we want to access.
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If the credential is shared across multiple sessions, it might be useful to set a user-friendly credential so that users know which username to use.
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  &lt;img src=&#34;https://blog.mobatek.net/img/screenshots/credential_name.png&#34; alt=&#34;credential_name&#34; /&gt;
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3. Then you can add the credential to the session you want to share.
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  &lt;img src=&#34;https://blog.mobatek.net/img/screenshots/attributecredential.png&#34; alt=&#34;attribute_credential&#34; /&gt;
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4. On the computer where the sessions are shared, you should be prompted for the credential username:
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  &lt;img src=&#34;https://blog.mobatek.net/img/screenshots/credentialusername.png&#34; alt=&#34;username_credential&#34; /&gt;
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