Why is there any ERR: 401

InfluxDB 2
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just installed v2.8 but probably I did not understood the use of influx. Can anybody see my problem:

jv@JamesWebb:~$ ssh jv@10.10.20.164
jv@10.10.20.164's password: 
Permission denied, please try again.
jv@10.10.20.164's password: 
Linux raspberry 6.12.47+rpt-rpi-2712 #1 SMP PREEMPT Debian 1:6.12.47-1+rpt1 (2025-09-16) aarch64

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Last login: Fri May 29 17:36:08 2026 from 10.10.20.158
jv@raspberry:~ $ influx v1 shell
InfluxQL Shell dev
Connected to InfluxDB OSS v2.8.0
> create database test
ERR: 401 Unauthorized: unauthorized access
> show databases
ERR: 401 Unauthorized: unauthorized access
> exit
Goodbye!
jv@raspberry:~ $
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Make sure you’re following the setup steps in the documentation for InfluxDB v2! You’ll need to create an API token to authenticate with before you can start writing/creating things.