Simple script to create a new macOS user account. Will not provide a SecureToken.

Create User Account.zsh

#!/bin/zsh

# new user account details
username="lapsadmin"
displayName="LAPS Admin"
password="P@55w0rd"
admin="yes"
hidden="yes"

# determine next available UID
highestUID=$( dscl . -list /Users UniqueID | /usr/bin/awk '$2>m {m=$2} END { print m }' )
nextUID=$(( highestUID+1 ))

# create the account
/usr/bin/dscl . create "/Users/$username"
/usr/bin/dscl . create "/Users/$username" UserShell /bin/zsh
/usr/bin/dscl . create "/Users/$username" RealName "$displayName" 
/usr/bin/dscl . create "/Users/$username" UniqueID "$nextUID"
/usr/bin/dscl . create "/Users/$username" PrimaryGroupID 20
/usr/bin/dscl . passwd "/Users/$username" "$password"

# make the account admin, if specified
if [[ "$admin" = "yes" ]]; then
    /usr/bin/dscl . append /Groups/admin GroupMembership "$username"
fi

# hide the account, if specified
if [[ "$hidden" = "yes" ]]; then
    /usr/bin/dscl . create "/Users/$username" IsHidden 1
    /usr/bin/dscl . create "/Users/$username" NFSHomeDirectory "/private/var/$username"
else
    /usr/bin/dscl . create "/Users/$username" NFSHomeDirectory "/Users/$username"
fi

@BDat80, I believe you're not running the script with administrator privileges based on the feedback you're receiving.

Try this:

1. Make sure you're logged in to your computer as an administrator.
2. Save the script to a plain text file on your Desktop and name it something like "CreateUser".
3. Open Terminal and enter "sudo" (superuser do) and drag the "CreateUser file into Terminal to fill out the full path for you automatically. It'll look something like sudo /Users/username/Desktop/CreateUser.
4. Press return and enter your administrator password when prompted.

Thanks a lot @talkingmoose, this is working!