Including configuration in other files

[Ritmo2k]

I need to manage the credentials for an authentication server using an external process.

Is it possible to include the configuration for the username and password associated with an LDAP authentication server into its own unique file?

Thanks.

[stephenw10]

Like the config for an external auth server configured in pfSense?

Something entirely outside the pfSense config?

Steve

[Ritmo2k]

We plan to have an external process manage the credentials in the LDAP authentication server, and that process will write the current username and password.

I didn't like the idea of continuously editing the primary configuration file (config.xml), that seems risky to me. If the ability to include exists, I'd prefer that approach.

Thanks.

[stephenw10]

So you mean the credentials pfSense uses to connect to the LDAP server?

No, that is contained in the pfSense config. It would be rewritten from the config at boot or when any change was made to the authentication system.