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# Add elevated credentials to session entries

Session entries in Remote Desktop Manager support alternative credentials that can be used instead of the ones set in the ***General*** tab in ***Common*** – ***General***. To configure these alternate credentials, head over to the entry's ***Properties*** – ***Connection*** – ***Alternate***, and choose a credential mode from the ***Credentials*** dropdown menu in the ***Elevated credentials*** section.

![](https://cdnweb.devolutions.net/docs/RDMW4241_2025_1.png)

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Alternate credentials have their own variables, namely `$ELEVATED_USERNAME$` and `$ELEVATED_PASSWORD$`.Remember to enable the ***Allow password in variable***option, located in ***Administration*** – ***System settings*** – ***Password policy***,\*\*\*\*to use the latter variable.
{% endhint %}

To launch a session using elevated credentials, right-click on the entry, then click on ***Open with parameter*** – ***Open using elevated credentials***.

![](https://cdnweb.devolutions.net/docs/RDMW4238_2025_1.png)

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Once configured, an entry's elevated credentials can be typed automatically in an opened session using the ***Type elevated username***, ***Type elevated domain***, or ***Type elevation password*** functions.
{% endhint %}

#### SSH Terminal-specific elevation settings

***SSH Terminal*** session entries boast specific elevation settings, which can be used to leverage particular ***Elevation modes*** and ***Elevation tools*** to connect to different operating systems.

These allow, for example, to automatically log on to Linux servers using ***Su*** as an ***Elevation tool***:

![](https://cdnweb.devolutions.net/docs/RDMW4315_2025_1.png)


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