Create a New User Account

You can create new user and admin accounts for using the NPB application.

Before you begin

Note

Only users with admin roles can create new user accounts.

Note the following guidelines for creating new user accounts:

Table 1. User-account guidelines

User-defined variables	Values
username	1-40 alphanumeric characters, including underscore and dot. Underscore as first character is not allowed.
rolename	Pre-defined role to be assigned to the user (‘admin‘ and ‘user‘ are the only supported roles).
password	8-40 characters for plain-text password 8-128 characters for hashed passwords
encryption-level	0 = clear-text (default) 10 = encrypted

1. Enter the Config mode.
   

   device(config)# 

2. Create the required user account with the appropriate role.
   • admin
   • user
   

   username username role rolename password password 

Example

device(config)# username jdoe role user password iKt1Sas*p

device(config)# username jsmith role admin password "uber#p@ssW0^b" encryption-level 10