GEEK: user admin cheat sheet

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How to set various user properties via the command line on Mac OS X

Create a new entry in the local (/) domain under the category /users.
dscl / -create /Users/crasch

Create and set the shell property to bash.
dscl / -create /Users/crasch UserShell /bin/bash

Create and set the user’s full name.
dscl / -create /Users/crasch RealName “Christopher Rasch”

Create and set the user’s ID.
dscl / -create /Users/crasch UniqueID 503

Create and set the user’s group ID property.
dscl / -create /Users/crasch PrimaryGroupID 1000

Create and set the user home directory.
dscl / -create /Users/crasch NFSHomeDirectory /Local/Users/crasch

Set the password.
dscl / -passwd /Users/crasch PASSWORD

or

passwd crasch

If you would like to be able to perform administrative functions:
dscl / -append /Groups/admin GroupMembership crasch

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