User authentication Local users
Digi Connect IT® 16/48 User Guide
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Command line
1. Log into the Connect IT 16/48 command line as a user with full Admin access rights.
Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection
menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
2. At the command line, type config to enter configuration mode:
> config
(config)>
3. At the config prompt, type:
(config)> auth user username password pwd
Where:
n username is the name of the user.
n pwd is the new password for the user. The password must be at least ten characters
long and must contain at least one uppercase letter, one lowercase letter, one number,
and one special character.
4. Save the configuration and apply the change:
(config)> save
Configuration saved.
>
5. Type exit to exit the Admin CLI.
Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection
menu. Type quit to disconnect from the device.
Configure a local user
Required configuration items
n A username.
n A password. The password must be at least ten characters long and must contain at least one
uppercase letter, one lowercase letter, one number, and one special character. For security
reasons, passwords are stored in hash form. There is no way to get or display passwords in
clear-text form, although prior to saving the configuration, the password can be shown by
clicking Reveal.
n The authentication group or groups from which the user will inherit access rights. See
Authentication groups for information about configuring groups.
Additional configuration items
n The number of unsuccessful login attempts before the user is locked out of the system.
n The amount of time that the user is locked out of the system after the specified number of
unsuccessful login attempts.
n An optional public ssh key, to authenticate the user when using passwordless SSH login.
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