It is possible to use an alternative user for maxctrl

with

maxctrl create user my_user my_password --type=admin
maxctrl destroy user admin

afterwards maxctrl can only be used with providing user and password

maxctrl --user=.... --password=...

To use maxctrl as usual , adding the variables

It is possible to add a file
~/.maxctrl.cnf

in user directory

conetent:

[maxctrl]
u = my-name
p = my-password

my_password is always cleartext, it should be possible to encrypt with maxkeys and maxpassword