NAME

       /etc/decnet.proxy - DECnet proxy file

DESCRIPTION

       /etc/decnet.proxy  is  an ASCII file which contains mappings of remote DECnet users to local users. It is
       used by fal(8) when no username and password have been explicitly given to determine whether  a  user  is
       allowed to access files and also whose files they will get access to.

       There is one entry per line, and each line has the following format:

              node::remoteuser localuser

       The field descriptions are:

              node      The  name  or  number  of  the  remote  node.  If  this  is  a  name  it  must appear in
                        decnet.conf(5) otherwise a DECnet node address should be used. This field is  a  regular
                        expression: If you want to match a single nodename then you must use the anchors ^ and $
                        either side of the name.

              remoteuser
                        a  regular expression that may match one or more remote user names. If you want to match
                        a single user then you must use the anchors ^ and $ either side of the name.

              localuser The name of a user on the local machine or a single  asterisk  (*)  in  which  case  the
                        remote username will be substituted.

              Comments  start  with a hash mark and continue to the end of that line. They may be on a dedicated
              line or following an entry.

EXAMPLE

          #/etc/decnet.proxy
          # proxy configuration for fal.
          #
          ^tramp$::^test$ christine  # Explicitly convert 'test' on tramp to 'christine'
          ^zaphod$::.*    none     # Disable proxies from zaphod (assuming you don't
                                   #   have a user called 'none')
          .*::.* decnet            # Like a default DECnet account
          .*::.* *                 # Equivalent to VMS *::* * proxy (make this last
                                   #   if you use it)

SEE ALSO

       fal(8), decnet.conf(5)

DECnet for Linux                                  8 August 2002                                   DECNET.CONF(5)