MacOSX: adduser

April 4, 2008 · Posted in MacOSX · Comment 

I really needed an adduser like program on MacOSX  and after a few searches on the internet I found a script that works like the linux adduser program.

I remember I had to modify it to use bash ( my preferred shell ) as the default shell and I make it use the right path when copying the user template. I can't remember exactly where I found it so if you have seen this someplace else feel free to let me know and I'll be happy to give credit.

Here it is :

 
#!/bin/sh
echo "Enter username:"
read newuser
echo "Enter the full name for user $newuser's:"
read long_name
echo "Will $newuser an Admin user (y/N)?"
read is_admin
new_uid=`nidump passwd . | awk -F: '{print $3f}' | sort -n|tail -1`
new_uid=`expr $new_uid + 1`
nicl . -create /users/$newuser
nicl . -create /users/$newuser uid $new_uid
nicl . -create /users/$newuser realname "$long_name"
nicl . -create /users/$newuser passwd ""
nicl . -create /users/$newuser gid 20
nicl . -create /users/$newuser shell "/bin/bash"
nicl . -create /users/$newuser home "/Users/$newuser"
nicl . -create /users/$newuser _writers_passwd $newuser
passwd $newuser
ditto /System/Library/User\ Template/English.lproj /Users/$newuser
chown -R $newuser:staff /Users/$newuser
nicl . -read /users/$newuser
if [ "$is_admin" = Y -o "$is_admin" = y ]
then
nicl . -append /groups/wheel users $newuser
nicl . -append /groups/admin users $newuser
nicl . -read /groups/wheel
nicl . -read /groups/admin
fi

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