Administration Tasks

WinSCP allows system administrators to restrict or enforce certain functionality of the application.

Configuring the Restrictions

System administrator can configure following:

These restrictions are configured via "local machine" registry root key (modifiable only by system administrators). Example of corresponding registry export follows:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Martin Prikryl\WinSCP 2]
"DisablePasswordStoring"=dword:00000001
"DisableAcceptingHostKeys"=dword:00000001
"ForceBanners"=dword:00000001

Unmodifiable Stored Session

Administrator can set session setting Special to 1 to restrict user from modifying or deleting the session accidentally (Note that the setting can be changed by end-user). Such session will also be highlighted in session list.