Digi Connect WAN Series User Manual page 131

Digi Connect WAN Family web interface
Use the User Permissions settings in the web interface or the set permissions command in
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the command-line interface (see the Digi Connect® Family Command Reference for command
description) to configure the permissions for User 2.
You can change permissions for User 2 to be either greater than or less than its default.
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More-than-two-user model
User definitions are exactly the same as the two-user model, with the addition of user groups and
more users. The set group command defines user groups; see the Digi Connect® Family Command
Reference for command description. Currently, there is no web interface page for defining user groups.
Password authentication
By default, there is no password authentication for Digi Connect WAN Family devices. When you access
the Digi device by opening the web interface or issuing a telnet command, no login prompt appears.
Enable password authentication
To enable password authentication from the web interface:
1. Select Configuration > Security.
2. On the Security Configuration page, select the Enable password authentication check box.
3. Type the new password in the New Password and Confirm Password edit boxes.
4. Click Apply.
5. A prompt appears to immediately log back in to the web interface using the new values.
To enable password authentication for a Digi device that uses the one-user model from the command
line:
Issue a newpass command with a password length of one or more characters.
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Disable password authentication
You can disable password authentication as needed.
To change a password from the web interface:
1. Select Configuration > Users.
2. On the Users Configuration page, select the Enable password authentication check box.
3. Click Apply.
To change a password from the command line:
Issue a newpass command with a zero-length password.
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Change the password for an administrative user
To increase security, change the administrative user's password from its default. The default
administrative password is root.
Note Record the new password. If you lose this password, you must reset the Digi Connect WAN
Family product to the default firmware settings.
In Digi device with a single-user model, changing the root password also changes the password for
ADDP. In Digi device with the multi-user model, changing the root password has no effect on ADDP. To
change the ADDP password, type newpass name=addp from the command line.
To change the administrative password from the web interface:
Digi Connect WAN Family User Guide
Configuration through the web interface
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