---
name: "decnet.proxy"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "dnet-common"
version: "2.65"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/decnet.proxy"
---

# decnet.proxy(5)

DECnet proxy file

## 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)](/fal/8.md)** 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)](/decnet.conf/5.md)** 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)](/fal/8.md), [**decnet.conf**(5)](/decnet.conf/5.md)