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title: "How to use a personal credential"
slug: "pam-session-how-to-use-a-personal-credential"
updated: 2026-11-03T14:48:22Z
published: 2026-11-03T14:48:22Z
canonical: "docs.senhasegura.io/pam-session-how-to-use-a-personal-credential"
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# How to use a personal credential

This document provides information about a step-by-step guide on how to use a personal credential to access a remote session.

          **Attention**

          

Only with the **Allow use of personal credentials** parameter enabled the user will be able to access the remote session with their personal credential. To enable this parameter, access the [How to configure a remote session (proxy)](/v4-2/docs/pam-session-configure-remote-session-proxy) document.

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## Requirements

- Ensure that the **Allow use of personal credentials** parameter is enabled for the session.

          **Info**

          

Personal credentials are only available for Terminal Proxy and RDP Proxy sessions.

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## Access with a personal credential

          **Caution**

          

We recommend that users and devices using a personal credential don't have typed text indexing configured, in order to not infringe the user's right to privacy. But if the user's personal password or personal data is displayed on the screen due to output from the target device, these texts can be indexed, if configured, and they’ll be present in the session video.

### Via Proxy Terminal

1. In the terminal application of your choice, log in to Segura™.
2. Enter the protocol, your Segura™ user, and the Segura™ vault IP address or hostname. ex.: `ssh senhasegura_user@mysenhaseguraserver`
3. Press **Enter**.
4. Enter your password.
5. With the Segura™ session started, enter the protocol, your **personal credential** and the IP address or hostname from the device you want to access. ex.: `ssh personal_credential@target_device`
6. Press **Enter**.
7. Enter your password.
8. Press **Enter**.

Now, the Segura™ session via Terminal Proxy will be used by the personal credential.

### Via RDP Proxy

1. In the RDP application, log in to Segura™.
2. Click **Connect**.
3. On the home screen, type:
  1. Segura™ user.
  2. Credential password.
  3. Device to be accessed.
  4. Personal credential.
  5. Personal credential password.
4. Click **Access**.

Now, the personal credential will use the Segura™ session via RDP Proxy.

          **Info**

          

The use of personal credentials doesn’t prevent the use of Access Groups with workflow, MFA tokens, emergency access, audited commands, or any other mechanism available for proxy sessions.