Change a local user's password

Note When updating the password for the local user, you will be prompted to enter the current password before applying the configuration update.

To change a user's password:

  Web

1. Log into Digi Remote Manager, or log into the local Web UI as a user with full Admin access rights.
2. Access the device configuration:
   Remote Manager:

   1. Locate your device as described in Use Digi Remote Manager to view and manage your device.
   2. Click the Device ID.
   3. Click Settings.
   4. Click to expand Config.
   Local Web UI:

   1. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration.

      

      The Configuration window is displayed.

3. Click Authentication > Users.
4. Click the username to expand the user's configuration node.
5. For Password, enter the new password. The password must be at least eight characters long and must contain at least one uppercase letter, one lowercase letter, one number, and one special character.

For the admin user, the password field can be left blank:

• If the password field for the admin user is left blank, the admin user's password will be the default password printed on the device's label.

• If the admin user's password has been changed from the default and the configuration saved, if you then clear the password field for the admin user, this will result in the device device's configuration being erased and reset to the default configuration.



You can also change the password for the active user by clicking the user name in the menu bar:



The active user must have full Admin access rights to be able to change the password.

6. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change.