# Automatic creation of users and where is the user data stored **URL:** \ **Category:** Gateway\ **Created:** [January 23, 2015, 5:28pm UTC](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/automatic-creation-of-users-and-where-is-the-user-data-stored/415 "2015-01-23T17:28:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![289](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/e480ec/32.png) [@289](https://community.ciphermail.com/u/289)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 5:28pm UTC](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/automatic-creation-of-users-and-where-is-the-user-data-stored/415/1 "2015-01-23T17:28:36Z")
Hi Djigzo community, I was wondering if there is a faster way to create Users in my Ciphermail. Is there a Interface to include many users from an database or to use a active directory like LDAP. Or is someone knowing what database Ciphermail is using and how I can access it from the Server on which Ciphermail is running? Where do I find my created users and where can I find the keys and certificates. Thx in advantage ---
**Author:** ![martijn](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.ciphermail.com/martijn/32/127_2.png) [@martijn](https://community.ciphermail.com/u/martijn)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 5:52pm UTC](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/automatic-creation-of-users-and-where-is-the-user-data-stored/415/2 "2015-01-23T17:52:09Z")
Hi, > I was wondering if there is a faster way to create Users in my Ciphermail. > Is there a Interface to include many users from an database or to use a > active directory like LDAP. Or is someone knowing what database Ciphermail > is using and how I can access it from the Server on which Ciphermail is > running? Where do I find my created users and where can I find the keys and > certificates. May I ask why you want to create users? In most cases you do not have to add users. Users will be added when needed (the exception is when you want to use PDF encryption with static passwords). The best option to interface with the back-end is via SOAP. There is a command line tool which connects to the back-end via the SOAP interface. The CLI tool can be executed as follows: cd /usr/share/djigzo java -cp djigzo.jar mitm.application.djigzo.tools.CLITool This will show the available commands: usage: mitm.application.djigzo.tools.CLITool [--add-domain \]        [--add-user \] [--delete-domain \] [--delete-user \]        [--domain \] [--email \] [--encode-password \]        [--encrypt] [--get-property \] [--global] [--help] [--host        \] [--import-xml \] [--logging] [--port \]        [--salt \] [--set-property \] [--soap-password \] [--soap-user \] [--value \]     --add-domain \ Add a domain     --add-user \ Add a user     --delete-domain \ Delete a domain     --delete-user \ Delete a user     --domain \ The domain     --email \ The email address of the user     --encode-password \ Encodes a portal password     --encrypt If set, the property is an encrypted                                       property     --get-property \ Returns a property value     --global Set/Get the global options     --help Show help     --host \ The host to connect to (127.0.0.1)     --import-xml \ Import users and domains from XML     --logging If set, debug logging will be                                       enabled     --port \ The port to use (9000)     --salt \ Optional salt used for encoding a                                       portal password     --set-property \ Sets a property     --soap-password \ the user password for SOAP interface     --soap-user \ the user for SOAP interface     --value \ The value to set To set a property you can use --set-property. Some properties are encrypted. For example the password, portal password, client secret and server secret are encrypted. You therefore need to add the --encrypt property when you set/get any of these encrypted properties for example to set the password property (for PDF encryption) of user test at example.com use the following command: java -cp djigzo\_2.4.0-2.jar mitm.application.djigzo.tools.CLITool --set-property user.password --email test at example.com --value test --encrypt You can import users and domains (and any property) in bulk from an XML file using the --import-xml command. An example XML import file can be downloaded from [http://www.djigzo.com/downloads/djigzo-import.xml](http://www.djigzo.com/downloads/djigzo-import.xml) WARNING: you can screw up the gateway (not beyond repair though) when using the CLI tool. the CLI tool does not validate any user input. You can set property values to any value even if that value doesn't make sense. For example the only legal values for the locality property are "internal" or "external". You can however set it to any value, even to values which are not valid. If you set an encrypted property value but forget to provide the --encrypt parameter, the next time the property is read by the system, decrypting the value will fail (which will result in undefined behaviour). Kind regards, Martijn Brinkers > **ยทยทยท** > > On 01/23/2015 06:28 PM, 289 wrote: > > -- > CipherMail email encryption > > Open source email encryption gateway with support for S/MIME, OpenPGP > and PDF messaging. > > > **[CipherMail email encryption and digital signatures](https://www.ciphermail.com)** > > > > Easy to use server-side email encryption for automatic encryption and digital signing of email. > > Twitter: [http://twitter.com/CipherMail](http://twitter.com/CipherMail)