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# createadmin

Create a MAAS administrator account.

```
maas createadmin [-h] [--username USERNAME] [--password PASSWORD] [--email EMAIL] [--ssh-import SSH_IMPORT]
```

#### Command-line options | Option | Effect |

|-------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| -h, --help | show this help message and exit |
| --username USERNAME | Username for the new account. |
| --password PASSWORD | Force a given password instead of prompting. |
| --email EMAIL | Specifies the email for the admin. |
| --ssh-import SSH\_IMPORT | Import SSH keys from Launchpad (lp:user-id) or Github |
| | (gh:user-id). |

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