Need two different sets of credentials to remote to same system fromsame system

[DE]

Is there any way to save or feed two sets of credentials, to connect to
the same system, from the same system? That is, on a single desktop,
I'd like to create a shortcut which lets a person log in with one set of
credentials, and a second shortcut that lets them log in with a
different set of credentials.

I know I can save it with -no- credentials, but I want to instead save
two separate files, one for each set of credentials.

Even though I create two separate RDP files, once I use or save one set
of credentials, it modifies the credentials for the second RDP as well.
All the other aspects are retained, but the credentials replace with
the last ones used.

And I see no facility for feeding credentials in a command line to MSTSC.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

 

[njem]

I think this depends partly on how cooperative your two users are and
how much security is an issue. You can open RDP, set whatever options
you want (local resources, program to run on connecting, etc) and save
that as an RDP file. If you leave "save my credentials" unchecked then
the password will be asked for everytime so one can't log on as the
other. Are there two different logons to the local system? That would
prevent one user from seeing the other's RDP icon. Otherwise there's
nothing to prevent the more limited user from using the other RDP icon
and getting more permissions. RDP does have some guidelines for how it
remembers the last user name used, which I've never sorted out.
Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. I'm sure it's controllable, I
just enter the logon I want at the moment. So your users may need to
remember their logon. They also need to be instructed to not check the
"save my credentials" box or it rememers the password and then can
just be clicked and connected by anyone. Although maybe that's what
you want, if you're not worried about security is to save the logon
and password in each of two RDP files and the two users just need to
know which one they're supposed to use. You can always log on to the
remote system as admin by running the RDP program directly (not from a
saved file) and manually entering your logon and password.

 

[DE]

I think this depends partly on how cooperative your two users are and
how much security is an issue. You can open RDP, set whatever options
you want (local resources, program to run on connecting, etc) and save
that as an RDP file. If you leave "save my credentials" unchecked then
the password will be asked for everytime so one can't log on as the
other. Are there two different logons to the local system? That would
prevent one user from seeing the other's RDP icon. Otherwise there's
nothing to prevent the more limited user from using the other RDP icon
and getting more permissions. RDP does have some guidelines for how it
remembers the last user name used, which I've never sorted out.
Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. I'm sure it's controllable, I
just enter the logon I want at the moment. So your users may need to
remember their logon. They also need to be instructed to not check the
"save my credentials" box or it rememers the password and then can
just be clicked and connected by anyone. Although maybe that's what
you want, if you're not worried about security is to save the logon
and password in each of two RDP files and the two users just need to
know which one they're supposed to use. You can always log on to the
remote system as admin by running the RDP program directly (not from a
saved file) and manually entering your logon and password.

No, that was my point: I don't want the user to have to enter the logon
at all, but even when I create two separate files telling it to save the
credentials, and log in using each with the appropriate credentials, it
substitutes the last ones used rather than the ones I want associated
with that file.

And the command line options don't seem to include any authentication,
so I can't pre-feed it that way.

Surely there must be a way to preset or remember credentials separately
from one RDP and another??