Comments on: How to: Add a user from the OS X command line, works with Leopard!

By: BAdger

BAdger — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:07:40 +0000

Thanks Rusty, but in single user mode how does one invoke the script, and where should it be stored for the ./makeuser.sh command to work? If I save the .sh file to the desktop and add the path to it (ie sudo ./Users/jay/Desktop/makeuser.sh) it fails to be run.

THANKS

By: boeroboy

boeroboy — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:20:27 +0000

More like OSX change and become less standard every day…

Give me usermod or give me Microsoft

By: alan

alan — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 22:06:12 +0000

I also need help with this

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 08:05:49 +0000

Did you manage to get this working? I also have a need to remove a local account from the Admin group.

By: Apple PANIOV » Как создать в Mac OS X нового пользователя через Terminal

Apple PANIOV » Как создать в Mac OS X нового пользователя через Terminal — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 10:02:57 +0000

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By: Drew

Drew — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 02:00:18 +0000

It may be easier to install the free OSX server tools. Open up Workgroup Manager & select the local directory node, then you can import a text file of users laid out like so…

Username:Password:Uid:Gid:Dist-Name:Homedir:Shell

It is the standard record format so you could also do the import via the ‘dsimport’ command line tool, specifying ‘–template=StandardUser’ option.

By: Mac OS X Server add server user

Mac OS X Server add server user — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 14:24:23 +0000

[...] You’ll need a different dscl command for various user attributes. There is a guide for a standard-type user account here: http://osxdaily.com/2007/10/29/how-to-add-a-user-from-the-os-x-command-line-works-with-leopard/ [...]

By: Add daemon account on OS X

Add daemon account on OS X — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 20:56:37 +0000

[...] osxdaily.com article September 17, 2010 10:06 am Tim Yates Thanks. The man pages tell you what commands you can use, but don’t give you any help on what fields to use and what to set them to. I was just going to copy the config from another account, but this gives a good example. September 17, 2010 11:12 am Gordon Davisson For a hidden system account, take a look at some existing system accounts for better examples. E.g. `dscl /Local/Default -read /Users/_sshd` (`dscl /Local/Default -ls /Users` will get you a list of local accounts). Note that you don’t have to set all attributes; GeneratedUID is generated randomly, and RecordType is automatic metadata. Also, most OS X system accounts have a primary account name that starts with underscore, and an alias without it for backward compatibility; I recommend using the underscore convention, but don’t bother with the plain alias unless you need to. September 18, 2010 1:45 am [...]

By: J. Isserlis

J. Isserlis — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 08:47:55 +0000

Just read this lot, rather late.
Quick comments on shell script usage of grep etc. to test for existing user: no need for intermediate variable (by the way, avoid names like $test, too near to test(1) programme name): grep(1) returns 0 on match, 1 otherwise, so:

DSCL=/usr/bin/dscl # avoid aliases, scripts, spoof.
GREP=/usr/bin/grep

function UserExists {
$DSCL. -list /Users | $GREP$1 > /dev/null 2>&1
# redirection removes stdout/stderr, XPG4 grep has “-q”
return $?
}

USER=$1
if UserExists $USER; then
echo do whatever ….
else
echo $0: $USER not found >&2
exit 1 #or try again or ….
fi

Also, when reading password, use stty -echo and stty echo
e.g.
echo -n Enter password
stty -echo
read P1
stty echo

Who knows who is looking over your shoulder.

By: whatforks

whatforks — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:35:14 +0000

if you do not know a filevault password you can not recover the files protected by it as far as i know

you can add a root user by using the command above or just by going to the user accounts pref pane and adding a new admin user which is a lot easier. i think the entire point of the tip above is for advanced unix geeks who want to roll their 12 sided dice instead of clicking icons.

By: Thia

Thia — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:21:40 +0000

Can someone help me I’m running mac os x 10 5 8
I need instructions on how to set up a root user account I guess. Filevault has locked me out. I have no idea what’s going on or what I’m doing.

By: What is the default User name and password? - Hackint0sh

What is the default User name and password? - Hackint0sh — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:38:17 +0000

[...] dscl / -create /Users/yourname dscl / -create /Users/yourname UserShell /bin/bash dscl / -create /Users/yourname RealName "yourfullname" dscl / -create /Users/yourname UniqueID 503 dscl / -create /Users/yourname PrimaryGroupID 1000 dscl / -create /Users/yourname NFSHomeDirectory /Local/Users/yourname source here: How to: Add a user from the OS X command line, works with Leopard! – OS X Daily [...]

By: chitra

chitra — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:29:58 +0000

when I try to go launch dscl

I got error message

launch_msg() : Socket is not connected.

How can I go further ?

By: slylabs13

slylabs13 — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:49:18 +0000

I’d like to remove a user from the Admin group. I ssh’d in as root and tried:

dscl . -delete /Groups/admin GroupMembership testadmn

The command completed without error but the user account still shows up as an administrator.

By: Finally, Snow Leopard Works! - Page 3

Finally, Snow Leopard Works! - Page 3 — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:40:46 +0000

[...] in what command sequence you used to make the user account. this is what i was working from: How to: Add a user from the OS X command line, works with Leopard! – OS X Daily Following that I ran into problems with creating the home directory and upon reboot into the gui it [...]