diff --git a/env.example b/env.example
index 46404582..ad8f0cd2 100644
--- a/env.example
+++ b/env.example
@@ -151,9 +151,8 @@ QDRANT_URL=http://localhost:16333
 ### Redis
 REDIS_URI=redis://localhost:6379
 
-### For JWTt Auth
-AUTH_USERNAME=admin             # login name
-AUTH_PASSWORD=admin123          # password
-TOKEN_SECRET=your-key-for-LightRAG-API-Server           # JWT key
-TOKEN_EXPIRE_HOURS=4            # expire duration
-WHITELIST_PATHS=/login,/health  # white list
+### For JWT Auth
+# AUTH_ACCOUNTS='admin:admin123,user1:pass456'     # username:password,username:password
+# TOKEN_SECRET=Your-Key-For-LightRAG-API-Server    # JWT key
+# TOKEN_EXPIRE_HOURS=4                             # expire duration
+# WHITELIST_PATHS=                                 # white list
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lightrag/api/auth.py b/lightrag/api/auth.py
index 5d9b00ac..b5533d20 100644
--- a/lightrag/api/auth.py
+++ b/lightrag/api/auth.py
@@ -20,9 +20,14 @@ class AuthHandler:
         self.secret = os.getenv("TOKEN_SECRET", "4f85ds4f56dsf46")
         self.algorithm = "HS256"
         self.expire_hours = int(os.getenv("TOKEN_EXPIRE_HOURS", 4))
-        self.guest_expire_hours = int(
-            os.getenv("GUEST_TOKEN_EXPIRE_HOURS", 2)
-        )  # Guest token default expiration time
+        self.guest_expire_hours = int(os.getenv("GUEST_TOKEN_EXPIRE_HOURS", 2))
+        
+        self.accounts = {}
+        auth_accounts = os.getenv("AUTH_ACCOUNTS")
+        if auth_accounts:
+            for account in auth_accounts.split(','):
+                username, password = account.split(':', 1)
+                self.accounts[username] = password
 
     def create_token(
         self,
diff --git a/lightrag/api/lightrag_server.py b/lightrag/api/lightrag_server.py
index 584d020f..e6193ed6 100644
--- a/lightrag/api/lightrag_server.py
+++ b/lightrag/api/lightrag_server.py
@@ -350,10 +350,8 @@ def create_app(args):
     @app.get("/auth-status", dependencies=[Depends(optional_api_key)])
     async def get_auth_status():
         """Get authentication status and guest token if auth is not configured"""
-        username = os.getenv("AUTH_USERNAME")
-        password = os.getenv("AUTH_PASSWORD")
 
-        if not (username and password):
+        if not auth_handler.accounts:
             # Authentication not configured, return guest token
             guest_token = auth_handler.create_token(
                 username="guest", role="guest", metadata={"auth_mode": "disabled"}
@@ -377,10 +375,7 @@ def create_app(args):
 
     @app.post("/login", dependencies=[Depends(optional_api_key)])
     async def login(form_data: OAuth2PasswordRequestForm = Depends()):
-        username = os.getenv("AUTH_USERNAME")
-        password = os.getenv("AUTH_PASSWORD")
-
-        if not (username and password):
+        if not auth_handler.accounts:
             # Authentication not configured, return guest token
             guest_token = auth_handler.create_token(
                 username="guest", role="guest", metadata={"auth_mode": "disabled"}
@@ -393,8 +388,8 @@ def create_app(args):
                 "core_version": core_version,
                 "api_version": __api_version__,
             }
-
-        if form_data.username != username or form_data.password != password:
+        username = form_data.username
+        if auth_handler.accounts.get(username) != form_data.password:
             raise HTTPException(
                 status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED, detail="Incorrect credentials"
             )
diff --git a/lightrag/api/utils_api.py b/lightrag/api/utils_api.py
index 25136bd2..c3a49532 100644
--- a/lightrag/api/utils_api.py
+++ b/lightrag/api/utils_api.py
@@ -43,9 +43,7 @@ def get_auth_dependency():
         token: str = Depends(OAuth2PasswordBearer(tokenUrl="login", auto_error=False)),
     ):
         # Check if authentication is configured
-        auth_configured = bool(
-            os.getenv("AUTH_USERNAME") and os.getenv("AUTH_PASSWORD")
-        )
+        auth_configured = bool(auth_handler.accounts)
 
         # If authentication is not configured, skip all validation
         if not auth_configured: