Session Options Dialog

The Session Options dialog is accessed from the main SecureFX window by opening the Options menu and selecting Session Options.... This dialog can also be reached from the Connect dialog by clicking on either the New Session button or Properties button.

IMPORTANT: If you edit a session to which you are currently connected, the settings will revert back to your old settings when you close the session. To permanently change session options, close the session, make the edits, and then reopen the session.

The Session Options dialog allows you to create a new session
A session is a set of options that are assigned to a connection to a remote machine in SecureFX. These settings and options are saved under a session name and allow the user to have different preferences for different hosts. or to modify an existing session. The available categories and subcategories are as follows:

Connection

Logon Actions

SSH1 (when SSH1
The first version of the SSH protocol which provides a way to encrypt network traffic between a client and a server. is the selected protocol)

Advanced

SSH2 (when SSH2
The second version of the SSH protocol which provides a way to encrypt network traffic between a client and a server, with a slightly different set of security features (including SFTP) than the SSH1 protocol provides. or SFTP
SFTP is an abbreviation for the Secure Shell File Transfer Protocol; a secure version of the FTP protocol which is used to transfer files between computers on a network. is the selected protocol)

SFTP Session

Advanced

Telnet (when Telnet
Telnet is a protocol that provides an interface for communications between clients and servers. is the selected protocol)

FTP (when FTP is the selected protocol)

TLS Options (when FTP/TLS is the selected protocol)

Serial (when serial is the selected protocol)

Raw (when Raw is the selected protocol)

Port Forwarding (when SSH1 or SSH2 is the selected protocol)

Remote/X11 (when SSH2 is the selected protocol)

Terminal

Emulation

Modes

Emacs

Mapped Keys

Advanced

Appearance

ANSI Color

Window

Log File

Printing

Xmodem/Zmodem

File Transfer

FTP/SFTP (when FTP or SFTP is the selected transfer protocol)

Advanced