Unattended access
Reach your own computers any time, with no one at the far end.
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<a href="https://forumulate.com/p/gaiadesk/docs/unattended-access"><img src="https://forumulate.com/api/public/orgs/gaiadesk/spaces/docs/pages/723d4864-41e8-4ccf-a251-490c1589f4e8/social-card.svg?v=3e7ae33eec8b" alt="Unattended access" width="600" height="315"></a>Unattended access lets you connect to a machine when nobody is sitting at it — your home desktop, an office workstation, a server in the closet.
Set an unattended password
On the host, open Settings → Unattended access and set a password. From then on, a controller that enters the address plus this password connects without an approval prompt.
Treat this password like any other credential:
Make it long and unique to this machine.
Change it if you ever share access temporarily.
Pair it with an allow-list so only your own accounts can connect at all.
Keep the computer reachable
By default the host is reachable while the GaiaDesk app is open. To keep a machine available after a reboot or sign-out, enable Run GaiaDesk at login under Settings → Unattended service. It runs quietly in the background and re-registers itself whenever the network drops.
Reboot and reconnect
You can restart the host mid-session from the controller's Actions → Restart host. GaiaDesk expects the disconnect, waits for the machine to come back, and auto-rejoins with the same address and code — so a remote reboot doesn't end your session.