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User Configuration

This UCI configuration file serves as a central user database for different services. So you do not have to create users in /etc/passwd that would be able to logon to the OpenWrt device. At the moment only racoon is supported.

Sections

user

Name Type Required Default Description
enabled boolean no 0 Active flag. User is available for authentication (=1) or not (=0)
name string yes (none) Name of the user
password string yes (none) Password of the user
xauth boolean no 0 User is available for IPsec road warrior XAuth hybrid authentication if set to 1
crt_subject string no (none) Subject of the user/machine certificate for road warriors

Example 

config 'user'
  option 'enabled' '1'
  option 'name' 'otto'
  option 'password' 'this_is_ottos_password'
  option 'xauth' '1'
  option 'crt_subject' 'CN=otto01@acme.com'

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doc/uci/users.txt · Last modified: 2011/11/28 21:55 by birnenschnitzel