Authentication user types
This table describes the types of users available with authentication.
User type | How created | Log-in username | Log-in password | Use |
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Default, remote terminal user | Built-in | Customer-created at install. |
Default, or as changed by an administrator. | Users manually enter this information at these times:
|
Admin REST API user | An administrator enables local authentication on the node when they create the administrator user in the command line. | Customer-created.
The username must not be the name of a real person. |
Customer-created. | The administrator API user is used at these times:
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People and third-party clients | An administrator user creates these users either through the node's web interface (for local authentication) or through an LDAP server (for PAM authentication). | Customer-created. | Customer-created. | Users manually enter their log-in credentials when accessing the node through the web interface or REST API. With local authentication. If a person has access to multiple nodes, you must create a user for them in each node. |