VNC User Guide - RealVNC

Appendix A: Saving Connections
For more information on editing VNC Viewer options, start with Configuring VNC Viewer before you connect
on page 35.
To rename a connection in VNC Address Book, select it in the Alphabetic or Hierarchical list and select
Edit > Rename, or right-click and select Rename from the shortcut menu.
Sharing connections
You can share one or more connections with other fully-featured VNC Viewer users. Note that VNC Server
passwords are also shared, albeit in obfuscated or encrypted form.
To share:
• All VNC Address Book connections, select Tools > Export Address Book.
• A single connection, right-click it in the Alphabetic or Hierarchical list and, from the shortcut menu,
select Export.
Choose a location for the exported file. If the file contains a protected connection (one in which the VNC
Server password was saved and encrypted), the recipient will need your VNC Address Book master
password in order to import it.
You can import one or more connections shared by other fully-featured VNC Viewer users. To do this, select
Tools > Import Address Book, and select the file to import. If the file contains a protected connection, you
will need the VNC Address Book master password of the user who created the file in order to import it.
Removing connections
To remove a connection, select it in the Alphabetical or Hierarchical list, and either:
• Click the Delete toolbar button.
• Select Edit > Delete.
Working with the master password
If you chose to encrypt a VNC Server password when you saved a connection to a host computer, you
created a protected connection.
VNC Address Book secures protected connections using the master password. You must enter the master
password in order to perform an operation on a protected connection, for example connecting to the host
computer, or editing the connection.
Note: You do not have to enter the master password in order to perform operations on connections for which
the VNC Server password was not saved, or was saved in obfuscated, though not encrypted, form. For more
information on saving VNC Server passwords, start with Saving the current connection on page 122.
By default, VNC Address Book remembers the master password for one hour. This means you have sixty
minutes after you first enter it in order to perform an operation on a protected connection. To change this,
and require the entry of the master password, select:
• Tools > Forget Master Password to require the entry of the master password for the next operation on
a protected connection.
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