NPPPD-USERS(5) - File Formats Manual #

NPPPD-USERS(5) - File Formats Manual

NAME #

npppd-users - user database file

DESCRIPTION #

The npppd-users file describes the various attributes of users. Refer to cgetent(3) for a description of the file layout. Each entry in the database is used to describe one user. The record name is the username. The following attributes can be specified:

**Name**             **Description**  
password             User's password.
Some characters are needed to be represented by the escape sequence.
See
[cgetent(3)](/man/man3/cgetent.3)
for the escape sequence.  
framed-ip-address    IPv4 address to be assigned for the user.  
framed-ip-netmask    IPv4 netmask to be used for the user.  
calling-number       Calling phone number to check user's phone number.

FILES #

/etc/npppd/npppd-users

User database file.

EXAMPLES #

taro:\
    :password=taro's password:\
    :framed-ip-address=192.168.0.101:

hana:\
    :password=hana's password:\
    :framed-ip-address=192.168.0.102:

SEE ALSO #

cgetent(3), npppd.conf(5), npppd(8)

BUGS #

Colon (’:’) characters or vertical bar (’|’) characters cannot be used in the username.

OpenBSD 7.5 - September 2, 2019