# users

Requires Restart

Reordering the users array is accepted because the comparison is keyed by username.

A list of multiple users with different credentials.

## Properties

| Name                                                                      | Description                                                                                                                           | Type     | Default | Reloadable |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ------- | ---------- |
| [`username`](/reference/config/leafnodes/authorization/users/username.md) | Name of the user.                                                                                                                     | `string` | -       | No         |
| [`password`](/reference/config/leafnodes/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` | -       | No         |