Crestron Electronics CP4N - User and Group Management

158 • 4-Series™ Control Systems Product Manual — Doc. 8559B
Password Recovery Command
The pwdrecovermode command can be issued to configure a password recovery mode on the
control system. The password recovery mode is turned off by default and must be turned on by
the user.
NOTE:The password recovery mode must be turned on prior to attempting to recover a
password.
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Syntax: pwdrecovermode [on | off]
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on - Turns on password recovery mode for the control system
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off - Turns off password recovery mode for the control system
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Example: pwdrecovermode on
If password recovery mode is turned on, press and hold the SW-R button on the control system
for 15 seconds to bypass authentication, which allows the user to log in to the control system
without entering a password. The user will be prompted to create a new account following the
next restart.
User and Group Management
Local users and groups can be added to the control system after an administrator account has
been created. Additionally, the control system can grant access levels to existing Active Directory
users and groups.
The following sections describe how to manage users and groups on the control system.
NOTE: Additional console commands for listing users and groups and for showing user
information can be viewed by issuing the help system command.
Add Local User
To add a local user to the control system, issue the adduser command.
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Syntax: adduser -n:username -p:password
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-n: - Specifies the name of the local user that will be created
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-p: - Specifies a password for the local user
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Example: adduser -n:jsmith -p:user01
A local user is created without any access rights. To assign access rights to a local user, the user
must be added to at least one local group. For more information, refer to Add User to Group (on
page161).