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# Inheritance in Remote Desktop Manager

Set up inheritance in Remote Desktop Manager to pass credentials and properties from a parent entry down to lower-level child entries.

Inheritance means that certain properties or attributes of a higher-level entry are automatically passed down to lower-level entries that inherit from it. This can be useful to set default attributes or even simplify management by only having to make changes at the inherited-level entry.

Inheritance is accessible by going into ***Properties*** – ***Common*** – ***General*** – ***Credentials*** and selecting ***Inherited***.

{% hint style="info" %}
If the credentials of the parent are not inherited properly, it indicates that one of the levels is not set to ***Inherited***.
{% endhint %}

#### See also

* [Devolutions Academy - Managing Entry Permissions](https://academy.devolutions.net/student/path/1925039/activity/2667180)
* [Devolutions Academy - Organizing resources with folders and categories](https://academy.devolutions.net/student/page/3266641-organizing-resources-with-folders-and-categories?sid=b1f8c0eb-82d6-4073-920d-c13023a27d05\&sid_i=0)
* [Devolutions Academy - Understanding inheritance on folders and entries](https://academy.devolutions.net/student/page/3266647-understanding-inheritance-on-folders-and-entries?curriculum_activity_id=5108633\&path_id=3266571\&sid=91223de6-2b21-4a1b-b92f-5159e2ae186a\&sid_i=0)


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