Campbell Scientific CSI Web Server for Linux Installation Guide User Manual

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CSI Web Server for Linux Installation Guide

All (1) – Allowed to view data, make changes to writeable values in a
datalogger’s Public or Status table or a virtual data source, set a
datalogger’s clock, use the API FileControl command, and publish
websites.

Section 3.1, PC Websites, in the CSI Web Server manual explains how to
create and edit .csipasswd files from CSIWebAdmin or the Web Publisher. The
csipasswd command can be used from the command line to edit the .csipasswd
file.

Adding a User

In order to add a user with csipasswd, invoke the command as follows:

/opt/CampbellSci/CsiWebServer/csipasswd --password=johnspasswd
--access=1 /var/opt/CampbellSci/CsiWebServer/.csipasswd john

This command will add an account named john with a password of
johnspasswd and an All access level.

Changing a User's Password

In order to change the password for an existing user, invoke the command as
follows:

/opt/CampbellSci/CsiWebServer/csipasswd --password="johnsnewpasswd"
/var/opt/CampbellSci/CsiWebServer/.csipasswd john

This command will change the password for user john to johnsnewpasswd

Changing a User's Access Level

In order to change the access level for an existing user, invoke the command as
follows:

/opt/CampbellSci/CsiWebServer/csipasswd --access=3
/var/opt/CampbellSci/CsiWebServer/.csipasswd john

This will assign a Read Only access level to the account john

Deleting an Account

In order to remove an account with csipasswd, invoke the command as follows:

/opt/CampbellSci/CsiWebServer/csipasswd --delete
/var/opt/CampbellSci/CsiWebServer/.csipasswd john

Changing the Realm String

In order to change the realm string specified in the .csipasswd file, you can use
the --realm= option as follows:

/opt/CampbellSci/CsiWebServer/csipasswd --realm="New Realm"
/var/opt/CampbellSci/CsiWebServer/.csipasswd