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Apprentice
July 6, 2026
Question

Unable to Download Files During BeyondTrust PRA Session

  • July 6, 2026
  • 2 replies
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Hello,

I am connecting to a target system through an RDP session launched from BeyondTrust PRA.

I can upload files to the remote system, but I cannot download files from the remote system to my local machine.

Is this expected behavior?

    2 replies

    Guru
    July 6, 2026

    Hi ​@udo 

    This is controlled in Session policies, and quite a common configuration to avoids copying files off from systems.

    KR
    Jens 

    udoAuthor
    Apprentice
    July 7, 2026

    Hi ​@Jens Hansen ,

    thanks for the hint regarding the session policy!

    I found the root cause. It was indeed related to the Session Policy. The Clipboard Synchronization Direction setting was not configured correctly. Since clipboard synchronization from the endpoint back to the user was not allowed, I could upload files but not transfer files from the remote system to my local machine.

    After changing the setting to "Allowed in Both Directions", the file transfer worked as expected.
    Udo