add_user(7)            Mac OS X Darwin ZSH customization           add_user(7)



NAME
       add_user  -  Add  a  user to the Directory Service database and create the user's
       account


SYNOPSIS
       add_user username fullname uid account_type

       where

       username is a one-word short username that becomes the username of  the
       account

       fullname  can  be a multi-word full name such as "Joseph P. Docus" pro-
       vided the double-quotes are present.

       uid is an (unused) numerical user id integer (Mac OS X starts numbering
       users consecutively from 501 but any larger integers may be used)

       account_type must be either "staff" or "admin".

       All  four  arguments  are  compulsory and must be supplied in the order
       given above.


DESCRIPTION
       add_user Consider using the System Preferences  >  Accounts  preference
       pane to do this instead.

       The add_user command must be invoked by an admin user.

       Takes  the  user's username (i.e., account name, short name), fullname,
       uid, and staff|admin and creates:

       a new user in NetInfo passwd

       a new /Users/username home directory



SEE ALSO
       add_user(7),     addgroup(7),     delete_user(7),      delete_group(7),
       remove_user_from_group(7), adduser2group(7)



AUTHOR
       Obtained   and   modified   from  a  bash  shell  script  available  at
       http://www.osxfaq.com/tips/unix-tricks/week91/friday.ws


MAINTAINER
       W. G. Scott wgscott@users.sourceforge.net



Mac OS X                        August 4, 2005                     add_user(7)