mac-adduser

mac-adduser

#!/bin/bash

# username needs to be specified
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
    echo "usage: $(basename $0) username";
    exit;
fi
username=$1;

# we need to be running as root
if [ $(id -u) -ne 0 ]; then
    echo "usage: sudo $(basename $0) username";
    exit;
fi

# we don't want to try to create a username that already exists
if [ -n "$(id -u "perlydev" 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
    echo "'$username' already exists";
    id -p $username;
    exit;
fi

. /etc/rc.common

# NAP macbooks have AD accounts with silly high ID values; let's ignore those
LastID=`dscl . -list /Users UniqueID | awk '{if ($2 < 50000) print $2}' | sort -n | tail -1`
NextID=$((LastID + 1))

# generate a random password
Password=$(env LC_CTYPE=C LC_ALL=C tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' < /dev/urandom |head -c10);

# let's give them a random profile photo
curl -s -o /tmp/profile.jpg http://lorempixel.com/400/400/people/


# create the user account, with some 'fluff'
dscl . create /Users/$username
dscl . create /Users/$username RealName "$username's account"
dscl . create /Users/$username hint "Password Hint"
dscl . create /Users/$username picture "/tmp/profile.jpg"
dscl . passwd /Users/$username $Password
dscl . create /Users/$username UniqueID $NextID
dscl . create /Users/$username PrimaryGroupID $NextID
dscl . create /Users/$username UserShell /bin/bash
dscl . create /Users/$username NFSHomeDirectory /Users/$username
createhomedir -c -u $username

echo "$username created with password: $Password";