# users

Hot Reloadable

A list of multiple users with different credentials.

## Properties

| Name                                                                                                    | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | Type     | Default | Reloadable |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ------- | ---------- |
| [`username`](/reference/config/cluster/authorization/users/username.md)                                 | Name of the user.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | `string` | -       | Yes        |
| [`password`](/reference/config/cluster/authorization/users/password.md)                                 | Password of the user. This can be a free-text value (not recommended) or a bcrypted value using the `nats server passwd` CLI command.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | `string` | -       | Yes        |
| [`nkey`](/reference/config/cluster/authorization/users/nkey.md)                                         | Public NKey identifying the user. The value begins with a `U` character. Exclusive with `username` and `password`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | `string` | -       | Yes        |
| [`permissions`](/reference/config/cluster/authorization/users/permissions/.md)                          |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | `object` | -       | Yes        |
| [`allowed_connection_types`](/reference/config/cluster/authorization/users/allowed_connection_types.md) | If specified, the user is constrained to the specified connection types. - `STANDARD` indicates a standard client TCP connection using the NATS protocol. - `WEBSOCKET` indicates a WebSocket-based connection to NATS if the `websockets` configuration is enabled. - `LEAFNODE` indicates a connection established by configured leafnode `remote` on a server. - `MQTT` indicates a connection established by an MQTT client to NATS if the `mqtt` configuration is enabled. | `string` | -       | Yes        |