add_user.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

CHARACTERS = (('A'..'Z').to_a + ('a'..'z').to_a + (0..9).to_a)
GROUP = 53
MY_MACHINE_DYNDNS_ADDRESS = "Put your DynDns DNS name here"
MY_SSH_PORT = "Your router's external port that will forward to SSH" # as a Fixnum


def ridiculous_password
  (1..20).map do
    CHARACTERS[rand(CHARACTERS.length)]
  end.join
end

def create_ssh_user(username)
  `dscl . -create /Users/#{username}`
  `dscl . -create /Users/#{username} UserShell /bin/bash`
  `dscl . -create /Users/#{username} RealName "#{username}"`
  `dscl . -create /Users/#{username} UniqueID #{rand(100_000)}`
  `dscl . -create /Users/#{username} PrimaryGroupID #{GROUP}` #console users
  `dscl . -create /Users/#{username} NFSHomeDirectory /Users/#{username}`
  `mkdir -p /Users/#{username}/.ssh`
  `dscl . -passwd /Users/#{username} #{ridiculous_password}`
end

def setup_pub_key_for(username, args = {})
  pub_key_filepath, user_path = args[:key_path], args[:user_path]
  `cp #{pub_key_filepath} #{user_path}/.ssh/id_rsa.pub`
  `cat #{pub_key_filepath} > #{user_path}/.ssh/authorized_keys`
end

def change_ownership_to(username, args = {})
  user_path = args[:for]
  `chown -R #{username} #{user_path}`
  `chgrp -R #{GROUP} #{user_path}`
end


username = ARGV.shift
pub_key_filepath = ARGV.shift
user_path = "/Users/#{username}"

create_ssh_user username
setup_pub_key_for username, :key_path => pub_key_filepath, :user_path => user_path
change_ownership_to username, :for => user_path
`dseditgroup -o edit -a #{username} -t user com.apple.access_ssh`

puts <<HERE
To get in the same session:
ssh #{username}@#{MY_MACHINE_DYNDNS_ADDRESS} -p #{MY_SSH_PORT}

Once you've logged in, type:
tmux -S /tmp/#{username} attach

Then increase the size of your terminal as far as it can go
HERE

Part of the Pairing scripts used by Evan Light

http://evan.tiggerpalace.com/articles/2011/10/17/some-people-call-me-the-remote-pairing-guy-/