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NAME

6       epn.conf - Expiring Password Notification configuration file
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SYNOPSIS

9       /etc/ipa/epn.conf
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DESCRIPTION

12       The epn.conf configuration file is used to set the options for the ipa-
13       epn tool to notify users of upcoming password expiration.
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SYNTAX

17       The configuration options are not case sensitive.  The  values  may  be
18       case sensitive, depending on the option.
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20       Blank  lines  are ignored.  Lines beginning with # are comments and are
21       ignored.
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23       Valid lines consist of an option name, an equals sign and a value. Spa‐
24       ces  surrounding  equals  sign are ignored. An option terminates at the
25       end of a line.
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27       Values should not be quoted, the quotes will not be stripped.
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29           # Wrong - don't include quotes
30           verbose = "True"
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32           # Right - Properly formatted options
33           verbose = True
34           verbose=True
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36       Options must appear in the section named [global]. There are  no  other
37       sections defined or used currently.
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39       Options  may  be  defined  that are not used by IPA. Be careful of mis‐
40       spellings, they will not be rejected.
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OPTIONS

43       smtp_server <fqdn>
44              Specifies the SMTP server to use. The default is localhost.
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46       smtp_port <port>
47              Specifies the SMTP port. The default is 25.
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49       smtp_user <user>
50              Specifies the id of the  user  to  authenticate  with  the  SMTP
51              server. Default None.
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53       smtp_password <password>
54              Specifies the password for the authorized user. Default None.
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56       smtp_client_cert <certificate>
57              Specifies the path to a single file in PEM format containing the
58              certificate. Default None.
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60       smtp_client_key <private key>
61              Specifies the path to a file containing the private key in. Oth‐
62              erwise  the  private  key  will  be taken from certfile as well.
63              Default None.
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65       smtp_client_key_pass <private key password>
66              Specifies the password for decrypting the private  key.  Default
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69       smtp_timeout <seconds>
70              Specifies  the  number  of  seconds to wait for SMTP to respond.
71              Default 60.
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73       smtp_security <security>
74              Specifies the type of secure connection to  make.  Options  are:
75              none, starttls and ssl. The default is none.
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77       smtp_admin <address>
78              Specifies the From e-mail address value in the e-mails sent. The
79              default is root@localhost. Bounces will be sent here.
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81       smtp_delay <milliseconds>
82              Time to wait, in milliseconds, between each e-mail sent  to  try
83              to avoid overloading the mail queue. The default is 0.
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85       mail_from <address>
86              Specifies  the  From:  e-mail address value in the e-mails sent.
87              The default is noreply@ipadefaultemaildomain. This value can  be
88              found by running ipa config-show
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90       notify_ttls <list of days>
91              This  is the list of days before a password expiration when ipa-
92              epn should notify a user that their password will soon require a
93              reset. If this value is not specified then the default list will
94              be used: 28, 14, 7, 3, 1.
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96       msg_charset <type>
97              Set the character set of the message. The default is utf8.  This
98              will result in he body of the message being base64-encoded.
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100       msg_subtype <type>
101              Set the message's MIME sub-content type. The default is plain.
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FILES

104       /etc/ipa/epn.conf
105              Configuration file
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SEE ALSO

108       ipa-epn(1)
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112IPA                             April 28, 2020                     EPN.CONF(5)
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