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## Adding your local user to the 'pihole' group

Pi-hole v6 uses a new API for authentication. All CLI commands use this API instead of e.g. direct database manipulation. If a password is set for API access, the CLI commands also need to authenticate. To avoid entering the password everytime on CLI, Pi-hole allows users which are members of the 'pihole' group to authenicate without manually entering the password (this can be disabled by setting `webserver.api.cli_pw` to `false`.)
Pi-hole v6 uses a new API for authentication. All CLI commands use this API instead of e.g. direct database manipulation. If a password is set for API access, the CLI commands also need to authenticate. To avoid entering the password everytime on CLI, Pi-hole allows users which are members of the 'pihole' group to authenticate without manually entering the password (this can be disabled by setting `webserver.api.cli_pw` to `false`.)
To add your local user to the 'pihole' group use the following command

For Debian/Ubuntu/Raspberry Pi OS/Armbian/Fedora/CentOS
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