[GH-ISSUE #1416] NTFY_AUTH_USERS does not create users #997

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opened 2026-05-07 00:29:27 +02:00 by BreizhHardware · 3 comments

BreizhHardware commented

2026-05-07 00:29:27 +02:00

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Originally created by @stefanvanherwijnen on GitHub (Aug 5, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy/issues/1416

🐞 Describe the bug

When defining NTFY_AUTH_USERS in the docker compose configuration, the defined user is not available in ntfy.

💻 Components impacted

ntfy server inside a docker container
💡 Screenshots and/or logs

/ # echo $NTFY_AUTH_USERS
phil:$2a$10$YLiO8U21sX1uhZamTLJXHuxgVC0Z/GKISibrKCLohPgtG7yIxSk4C:admin
/ # ntfy user list
user * (role: anonymous, tier: none)
- no topic-specific permissions
- read-only access to all (other) topics (server config)

🔮 Additional context

There are also some issues with escaping the $ character in the hashed passwords. Not a ntfy problem, but it will sometimes break the docker compose configuration.

docker-compose.yaml

  ntfy:
    image: binwiederhier/ntfy
    container_name: ntfy
    labels:
      caddy: __url__
      caddy.reverse_proxy: "{{upstreams 80}}"
    command:
      - serve
    volumes:
      - ./config:/etc/ntfy
    environment:
      TZ: Europe/Amsterdam
      NTFY_BASE_URL: __url__
      NTFY_CACHE_FILE: /etc/ntfy/cache.db
      NTFY_AUTH_FILE: /etc/ntfy/auth.db
      NTFY_AUTH_DEFAULT_ACCESS: read-only
      NTFY_AUTH_USERS: phil:$$2a$$10$$YLiO8U21sX1uhZamTLJXHuxgVC0Z/GKISibrKCLohPgtG7yIxSk4C:admin
      NTFY_BEHIND_PROXY: true
      NTFY_ATTACHMENT_CACHE_DIR: /etc/ntfy/attachments
      NTFY_ENABLE_LOGIN: true
    healthcheck: # optional: remember to adapt the host:port to your environment
      test:
        [
          "CMD-SHELL",
          "wget -q --tries=1 http://localhost:80/v1/health -O - | grep -Eo '\"healthy\"\\s*:\\s*true' || exit 1",
        ]
      interval: 60s
      timeout: 10s
      retries: 3
      start_period: 40s
    networks:
      - web
    restart: unless-stopped

Originally created by @stefanvanherwijnen on GitHub (Aug 5, 2025). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy/issues/1416 :lady_beetle: **Describe the bug**  When defining `NTFY_AUTH_USERS` in the docker compose configuration, the defined user is not available in ntfy. :computer: **Components impacted**  ntfy server inside a docker container :bulb: **Screenshots and/or logs**  ```sh / # echo $NTFY_AUTH_USERS phil:$2a$10$YLiO8U21sX1uhZamTLJXHuxgVC0Z/GKISibrKCLohPgtG7yIxSk4C:admin / # ntfy user list user * (role: anonymous, tier: none) - no topic-specific permissions - read-only access to all (other) topics (server config) ``` :crystal_ball: **Additional context**  There are also some issues with escaping the `$` character in the hashed passwords. Not a ntfy problem, but it will sometimes break the docker compose configuration. docker-compose.yaml ```yaml ntfy: image: binwiederhier/ntfy container_name: ntfy labels: caddy: __url__ caddy.reverse_proxy: "{{upstreams 80}}" command: - serve volumes: - ./config:/etc/ntfy environment: TZ: Europe/Amsterdam NTFY_BASE_URL: __url__ NTFY_CACHE_FILE: /etc/ntfy/cache.db NTFY_AUTH_FILE: /etc/ntfy/auth.db NTFY_AUTH_DEFAULT_ACCESS: read-only NTFY_AUTH_USERS: phil:$$2a$$10$$YLiO8U21sX1uhZamTLJXHuxgVC0Z/GKISibrKCLohPgtG7yIxSk4C:admin NTFY_BEHIND_PROXY: true NTFY_ATTACHMENT_CACHE_DIR: /etc/ntfy/attachments NTFY_ENABLE_LOGIN: true healthcheck: # optional: remember to adapt the host:port to your environment test: [ "CMD-SHELL", "wget -q --tries=1 http://localhost:80/v1/health -O - | grep -Eo '\"healthy\"\\s*:\\s*true' || exit 1", ] interval: 60s timeout: 10s retries: 3 start_period: 40s networks: - web restart: unless-stopped ```

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2026-05-07 00:29:27 +02:00

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@binwiederhier commented on GitHub (Aug 5, 2025):

The auth users feature is not available yet. It will be in about 10min though when I cut the 2.14.0 release.

@binwiederhier commented on GitHub (Aug 5, 2025): The auth users feature is not available yet. It will be in about 10min though when I cut the 2.14.0 release.

BreizhHardware commented

2026-05-07 00:29:28 +02:00

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@stefanvanherwijnen commented on GitHub (Aug 5, 2025):

That makes sense, I couldn't really find anything in the source code either at this moment.
Thanks 👍 .

@stefanvanherwijnen commented on GitHub (Aug 5, 2025): That makes sense, I couldn't really find anything in the source code either at this moment. Thanks 👍 .

BreizhHardware commented

2026-05-07 00:29:28 +02:00

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@binwiederhier commented on GitHub (Aug 5, 2025):

Okay, it's released.

@binwiederhier commented on GitHub (Aug 5, 2025): Okay, it's released.