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NODE.PERMS
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (5)
Updated: 05 January 1997
Index NAME
node.perms - LinuxNode permissions file.
DESCRIPTION
Node.permsfile is read at program startup with the knowledge of users username(call), connection type (AX.25, NET/ROM, ROSE, TCP/IP), peers IP address(for TCP/IP) and port name (for AX.25). The first entry matching thisinformation is taken and user is asked for password and given permissionsaccording to it.
The lines withinnode.permsmust either be a comment line, which starts with a # in the first column, ora permission entry in the following format, each field being delimited bywhite space:
- username type portname password permissions
The field descriptions are:
- username
- This is matched against users username (call) without SSID. An asterisk(*) matches any username.
- type
- This is matched against the type of the connection to user.Possible values for this field are:
- *
- matches any type of connection.
- ax25
- matches users coming in with AX.25.
- netrom
- matches users coming in with NET/ROM.
- rose
- matches users coming in with ROSE.
- local
- matches TCP/IP connections where users host is in "local" networkas defined in node.conf(5).
- ampr
- matches TCP/IP connections where users host is in amprnet (44.0.0.0/8).
- inet
- matches TCP/IP connections where users host is neither in "local"network nor in amprnet.
- host
- matches users starting LinuxNode fromshell.
- portname
- If user is coming in with AX.25 this field is matched against thelocal port name the user is coming in via. An asterisk (*) matchesany port name.
- password
- If the previous tree fields match and this field is not a singleasterisk (*) the user is asked for a password. The password isthen matched against this field.
- permissions
- This field represents a a bitmask of operations the user is permittedto do. It is a sum of the values listed here:
- 1
- permits logging in even if no other permissions are given.
- 2
- permits outgoing AX.25 connects.
- 4
- permits outgoing NET/ROM connects.
- 8
- permits telneting to hosts in the "local" network as defined innode.conf(5).
- 16
- permits telneting to hosts in amprnet.
- 32
- permits telneting to hosts neither in the "local" network nor in amprnet.
- 64
- permits using hidden ports in outgoing AX.25 connections.(See HiddenPorts command in node.conf(5).)
- 128
- permits outgoing ROSE connects.
FILES
/etc/ax25/node.perms
SEE ALSO
node(8),
node.conf(5),
axports(5),
ax25(4).
Index
- NAME
- DESCRIPTION
- FILES
- SEE ALSO
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