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## Adding your local user to the 'pihole' group
Since version 6 Pi-hole 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 with 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
```code
sudo usermod -aG pihole $USER
```
For Alpine
```code
sudo addgroup pihole $USER
```