Users Passwords

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Permissions or access rights can be specific between users and groups of users. These permissions control the ability of the users to view, change, navigate, and execute the contents of the file system.

Default Access Details

The IPLOG unit use the same access details (username and password) for the WEB and SSH(BASH) too.

Username: root

Password: Clean, the default it without password!

BASH

Change Password

The root user has permission to create a new user, grant permissions or change password.

1. Login

Login as a root user.

login as: root

2. Password Command

Type a command passwd for password change of current user or passwd metel(user metel) for the different one and write new password after characters New password:.

Changing password for root
New password:

Tip: The password should be minimum 8-12 characters long including special characters, digits, lower case alphabetic and more.

3. Retype the new password

Retype password:

4. Notification

Notification of Linux, the password was changed successfully.

passwd: password for root changed by root

Create a New User

If you are signed in as the root user, you can create a new user wit

1. Login

Login as a root user.

login as: root

2. New User Command

This command allows you add new user to the system, after adduser characters write the new user name (gama-example).

root@iplog:~# adduser gama

3. New User Password

Write the password for new user account.

Changing password for gama
New password:

4. Retype the new password

Retype password:

5. Notification

Notification of Linux, the password was changed successfully.

passwd: password for gama changed by root

The adduser command created a user, a group, and a home directory for your user. Your new user is now ready for use! You can now log in using the password you set up.

List of Users

A file /etc/shadow/ contains all created permisions.

root@iplog:~# cat /etc/shadow

Example of default user list.

root@iplog:~# cat /etc/shadow
root::10933:0:99999:7:::
daemon:*:10933:0:99999:7:::
bin:*:10933:0:99999:7:::
sys:*:10933:0:99999:7:::
sync:*:10933:0:99999:7:::
mail:*:10933:0:99999:7:::
www-data:*:10933:0:99999:7:::
operator:*:10933:0:99999:7:::
nobody:*:10933:0:99999:7:::
metel:$1$dyS.UTOR$GE8nsEAN4OxJGD/g2uh1l.:::::::
sshd:*:::::::