Using the Delinea Menu

Remote Access Service (RAS) is now Privileged Remote Access (PRA)

When a user successfully initiates a remote connection, they will see a Delinea menu on the right side of the screen:

This menu consists of the following options:

  1. Transfer files

  2. Session information

  3. Settings

  4. Screenshot

  5. Clipboard

  6. Enter full screen

  7. Disconnect

The Delinea PRA menu can be activated using Ctrl-Alt-Shift when keyboards need to be used for accessibility reasons. Users can tab though the menu selections and hit Enter to activate any menu action

A more detailed description of each menu item can be found below.

Transfer Files

For more information about file transfers, please see Transferring Files With PRA .

Session Information

Session Information allows users to get some quick information on their current PRA connection which can be useful for diagnostic purposes during troubleshooting. It shows the:

  1. Host name - Target machine’s IP address or DNS name.

  2. Site name -Name of the site where the target is deployed.

  3. Engine name - The engine used to connect the PRA session.

  4. Credential type - Specifies whether the credentials used were from the Secret Server vault, specified manually, or used the user’s own account.

  5. Session recording status - Whether session recording has been enabled or disabled.

  6. Session start time - How long ago was the session initiated.

Settings

The Settings menu option allows users to easily switch their keyboard layout to match their language-specific preference. The drop down in the screenshot shows some of the currently supported languages/layouts.

The selected keyboard layout will be saved for all tenant users. When a user changes their preferred keyboard configuration after connecting to a remote machine with PRA , their preference will be remembered and applied every time that specific target machine is used. The keyboard setting is locked-in until a user changes it.

Screenshot

If a user clicks the Take Screenshot icon, PRA will automatically take a screenshot of the user's remote session and download the file to their local machine.

Clipboard

The Clipboard functionality allows users to copy and paste text between their local machine and the remote target. Simply paste the text into the Clipboard window and click Send to Server Clipboard. Remote clipboard content is also automatically copied into the clipboard. The permissions for the clipboard are currently controlled in the secret's RDP Launcher configuration, and all user clipboard actions (read, copy, paste) are logged in the Delinea Platform audit log.

To copy from the remote target to your local machine, on SSH targets, simply highlight the needed text and this text will be automatically copied to the clipboard. For RDP targets, you will need to press ctrl+c or right click > copy after highlighting the text. Click Open Clipboard to view the copied text on your local machine.

If you need to copy a password or any other sensitive values to the clipboard in order to use it on the remote session clipboard, you can enable the Mask Input toggle.

PRA only supports unformatted text content with the clipboard.

Enter Full Screen

The Enter Full Screen option allows the user to take advantage of all the space offered by their monitor. To exit out of full-screen mode, simply tap the icon a second time or click the Esc key on your keyboard.

Disconnect

Clicking the Disconnect option will end the remote session and the browser window will be closed. Users can confirm their decision to disconnect or cancel to remain in the session.

Users have the option of logging out of the session by clicking the Send Ctrl-Alt-Del control. This normally opens up a dialog that presents Logout in addition to other options as configured on the target machine.: 

For security best practices, please consider using Group Policy or Windows Registry settings to disable unintended access to the Task Manager or Password Changer options.