How to Create A New User From Terminal on Mac OSX

This Article shows you How to Create a New User from Command Line on Mac OSX.

1. Open a Terminal Session

2. Find an Unset Users ID:

   usermaxid=$(dscl . -list /Users UniqueID | awk '{print $2}' | sort -ug | tail -1)
   /nusernewid=$((usermaxid+1))

3. Next Find the ID of the Group for the User:

   groupid=$(dscl . -read /Groups/ PrimaryGroupID | perl -wlne 'print $1 if/(d+)/')

4. Proceed to Create User and Set the Password:

   dscl . -create /Users/newuser
   
   dscl . -create /Users/newuser UserShell /bin/bash
   
   dscl . -create /Users/newuser RealName "Lucius Q. User"
   
   dscl . -create /Users/newuser UniqueID $usernewid
   
   dscl . -create /Users/newuser PrimaryGroupID $groupid
   
   dscl . -create /Users/newuser NFSHomeDirectory /Users/luser
   
   dscl . -passwd /Users/newuser password

5. Create the User’s Directories Tree:

   cp -R /System/Library/User Template/English.lproj /Users/newuser
   
   chown -R newuser:staff /Users/newuser
   
   

6. To Add the New User to Admin Group:

   dscl . -append /Groups/admin GroupMembership luser
   
   

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