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+################################################################################
+#
+#    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+#    contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+#    this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+#    The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+#    (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+#    the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#    limitations under the License.
+#
+################################################################################
+
+#
+# This file contains the users, groups, and roles.
+# Each line has to be of the format:
+#
+# USER=PASSWORD,ROLE1,ROLE2,...
+# USER=PASSWORD,_g_:GROUP,...
+# _g_\:GROUP=ROLE1,ROLE2,...
+#
+# All users, grousp, and roles entered in this file are available after Karaf startup
+# and modifiable via the JAAS command group. These users reside in a JAAS domain
+# with the name "karaf".
+#
+karaf = karaf,_g_:admingroup
+onos = onos,_g_:admingroup
+_g_\:admingroup = group,admin,manager,viewer,webconsole