{"id":1407,"date":"2010-03-31T11:44:49","date_gmt":"2010-03-31T03:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staff.ie.cuhk.edu.hk\/~sfluk\/wordpress\/?p=1407"},"modified":"2010-03-31T11:44:49","modified_gmt":"2010-03-31T03:44:49","slug":"how-to-add-a-user-from-the-os-x-command-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staff.ie.cuhk.edu.hk\/~sfluk\/wordpress\/?p=1407","title":{"rendered":"How to: Add a user from the OS X command line"},"content":{"rendered":"

Create a new entry in the local (\/) domain under the category \/users.
dscl \/ -create \/Users\/toddharris<\/code><\/p>\n

Create and set the shell property to bash.
dscl \/ -create \/Users\/toddharris UserShell \/bin\/bash<\/code><\/p>\n

Create and set the user\u2019s full name.
dscl \/ -create \/Users\/toddharris RealName \"Dr. Todd Harris\"<\/code><\/p>\n

Create and set the user\u2019s ID.
dscl \/ -create \/Users\/toddharris UniqueID 503<\/code><\/p>\n

Create and set the user\u2019s group ID property.
dscl \/ -create \/Users\/toddharris PrimaryGroupID 1000<\/code><\/p>\n

Create and set the user home directory.
dscl \/ -create \/Users\/toddharris NFSHomeDirectory \/Local\/Users\/toddharris<\/code><\/p>\n

Set the password.
dscl \/ -passwd \/Users\/toddharris PASSWORD<\/code><\/p>\n

or<\/p>\n

passwd toddharris<\/code><\/p>\n

If you would like Dr. Harris to be able to perform administrative functions:
dscl \/ -append \/Groups\/admin GroupMembership toddharris<\/code><\/p>\n

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Read informations about a group, e.g. “_developer”<\/p>\n

dscl localhost -read \/Local\/Default\/Groups\/_developer<\/span><\/p>\n

or shorter<\/p>\n

dscl . -read \/Groups\/_developer<\/span><\/p>\n

If you want to know the groups your user is a member of<\/p>\n

id -Gn<\/span><\/p>\n

Add the user “gustav” to the group “_developer”<\/p>\n

sudo dscl . -append \/Groups\/_developer GroupMembership gustav<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Create a new entry in the local (\/) domain under the category \/users.dscl \/ -create \/Users\/toddharris<\/p>\n

Create and set the shell property to bash.dscl \/ -create \/Users\/toddharris UserShell \/bin\/bash<\/p>\n