Is there a way to do a bulk copy or export of all my Remmina connections? I have the option to export one by one, but with 50 connections this seems ridiculous. I tried looking for a connections file, or conf file, or something similar but cannot find anything.
sudo find / -name 'remmina' only returns four results:
/usr/share/menu/remmina
/usr/share/doc/remmina
/usr/bin/remmina
/usr/lib/remmina
...but none of them contain any connection files/entries :(
The files you need should be either in ~/.remmina (the hidden .remmina folder in your home directory) or in ~/.local/share/remmina (for newer versions).
For SSH, the known hosts are stored in ~/.ssh/known_hosts..
All your user settings, preferences, etc for your user are stored in your home directory, as that is the only folder you by default have permissions to access.
For users of the Flatpak build of Remmina, you can find the connection settings at:
~/.var/app/org.remmina.Remmina/data/remmina/
Installed Remmina on Ubuntu 16.04 and had to reinstall Ubuntu after a while because it wasn't running the best. On my first install, the location of all the Remmina connection files was /home/$USER/.local/share/remmina/ folder ($USER is the current user).
After I reinstalled my new setup of Ubuntu put all the connection files in the same location /home/$USER/.local/share/remmina/ and started up Remmina I had no connection. After reading this post, I created a new connection and seen a new folder created under /home/$USER/.remmina/ with that connection, so I copied all my connections into that folder /home/$USER/.remmina/.
sudo cp -r /home/$USER/.local/share/remmina/* /home/$USER/.remmina/
I am just backing up @Wilf.
For Remmina 1.4.8 on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS the location of Remmina configuration was (for me):
~/snap/remmina/4460/.local/share/remmina
Today, I converted from a PPA install (which is no longer supported after 1.4.8) to a snap install. I copied all files from the old to new location. Other than passwords, it worked well after:
sudo apt remove remmina # uninstalls program, leaves config information files
sudo snap install remmina --edge # install the snap remmina
sudo snap connect remmina:avahi-observe :avahi-observe # servers discovery
sudo snap connect remmina:cups-control :cups-control # printing
sudo snap connect remmina:mount-observe :mount-observe # mount management
sudo snap connect remmina:password-manager-service :password-manager-service # password manager
cp ~/.remmina/* ~/snap/remmina/4460/.local/share/remmina # copy profiles to new location for snap install
tar -czf ~/remmina_backup.tgz ~/.local/share/remmina/ ~/.config/remmina/ ~/.local/share/keyrings ~/.ssh/
cd
tar -xf ~/remmina_backup.tgz
tar -czf ~/remmina_backup.tgz ~/snap/remmina/<version>/.local/share/remmina/ ~/snap/remmina/<version>/.config/remmina/ ~/.local/share/keyrings ~/.ssh/
Remmina connection files are usually stored in one of these folders:
~/.local/share/remmina~/.config/remmina~/.remmina/ (old versions)The file names are your_connection_name.remmina. After you find right folder (e.g. ~/.local/share/remmina) the backup & restore procedure is:
Backup and transfer example (PC1)
Example: connection files were found in ~/.local/share/remmina
cd ~/.local/share/remmina
tar -cvzf all_my_connections.tgz *
scp all_my_connections.tgz my_user@my_new_linux_PC:/home/my_user/.
Remmina installation and connection restore (PC2)
User is logged-in as a my_user
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install remmina
cd ~
ls -l .config/remmina
mv all_my_connections.tgz ~/.config/remmina
cd .config/remmina
tar -xvzf all_my_connections.tgz
Important steps must be done after file restore:
my_user/.config/remmina
For Remmina 1.2 on Ubuntu 16.10 LTS the location of Remmina configuration is:
~/snap/remmina/
