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title: Connecting to SSH Proxy via Kron PAM Desktop Client Application
slug: kronpam-end-user-guide-3-9-0/connecting-to-ssh-proxy-via-kron-pam-desktop-client-application
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createdAt: 2025-07-03T07:11:34.605Z
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1. Open the Kron PAM Desktop Client Application. 
2. If this is the first time you download the Kron PAM Desktop Client Application, click the **Connections** button on the Login screen.
3. Click the **Add** button to add the Kron PAM server to the Kron PAM Desktop Client Application. Enter your server information and then click **Save**. 

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4. On the Kron PAM Desktop Client Application's login interface, enter the username and password. Click **Login**. 

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- Once you log in, the device groups are listed. Double-click on the desired device and a pop-up with a session to your selected device will open. 
- The SSH session is established using the pop-up window of the session to the selected device.

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Within an active SSH session, text copy-paste operations can be performed on Kron PAM Desktop Client. To **paste** text copied from the local machine to the target SSH server, users can press **Shift + Insert** within the Kron PAM Desktop Client. Similarly, within an SSH session, users can **copy** text from the target server by pressing **Ctrl + Insert **within the Kron PAM Desktop Client**.**
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