Create a New Admin-Role User Account

Create a new user account associated with the admin role that can run all supported CLI commands.

Before you begin

You must have the admin role to create a new user account that has the admin-role.

Be sure to observe the following guidelines as you create the user account:

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

Run the configure terminal command to access Config mode.
The command line changes to configuration mode.
```
device(config)# 
```

Create the admin-role account using the following commands.

username username role rolename password password

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