Administration Tasks

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

Configuring the Restrictions

System administrator can configure following:

• Restrict password storing.
• Restrict connection to servers without having their host keys accepted in advance.
• Force authentication banners being shown.

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

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.