sas-starbuck · June 8, 2022 15:33 · Jun 8, 2022
diff --git a/createAdminUser.sh b/createAdminUser.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+#https://gist.github.com/dimitardanailov/6acdd54ab67d5a25c0229b2fe5bbb42b
+#https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/82472/what-steps-are-needed-to-create-a-new-user-from-the-command-line/84039#84039
+
+LOCAL_ADMIN_FULLNAME="Full Name"     # The local admin user's full name
+LOCAL_ADMIN_SHORTNAME="username"     # The local admin user's shortname
+LOCAL_ADMIN_PASSWORD="Password123"      # The local admin user's password
+
+# this is optional:
+serial="$(system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | awk '/Serial/ {print $4}')"
+
+if [[ "$serial" == "thisisoptional" ]]; then
+
+    LastID=$(dscl . -list /Users UniqueID | awk '{print $2}' | sort -n | tail -1)
+    NextID=$((LastID + 1))
+
+    if [ $LOCAL_ADMIN_SHORTNAME = "$(dscl . -list /Users UniqueID | awk '{print $1}' | grep -w $LOCAL_ADMIN_SHORTNAME)" ]; then
+        echo "User already exists!"
+        exit 0
+    fi
+
+    . /etc/rc.common
+    dscl . create /Users/$LOCAL_ADMIN_SHORTNAME
+    dscl . create /Users/$LOCAL_ADMIN_SHORTNAME RealName "$LOCAL_ADMIN_FULLNAME"
+    dscl . create /Users/$LOCAL_ADMIN_SHORTNAME hint "Default Password"
+    # dscl . create /Users/$LOCAL_ADMIN_SHORTNAME picture "/Path/To/Picture.png"
+    dscl . passwd /Users/$LOCAL_ADMIN_SHORTNAME $LOCAL_ADMIN_PASSWORD
+    dscl . create /Users/$LOCAL_ADMIN_SHORTNAME UniqueID $NextID
+    dscl . create /Users/$LOCAL_ADMIN_SHORTNAME PrimaryGroupID 80
+    dscl . create /Users/$LOCAL_ADMIN_SHORTNAME UserShell /bin/bash
+    dscl . create /Users/$LOCAL_ADMIN_SHORTNAME NFSHomeDirectory /Users/$LOCAL_ADMIN_SHORTNAME
+    # cp -R /System/Library/User\ Template/English.lproj /Users/$LOCAL_ADMIN_SHORTNAME
+    # chown -R $LOCAL_ADMIN_SHORTNAME:staff /Users/$LOCAL_ADMIN_SHORTNAME
+    createhomedir -u $LOCAL_ADMIN_SHORTNAME -c
+    echo "New user $(dscl . -list /Users UniqueID | awk '{print $1}' | grep -w "$LOCAL_ADMIN_SHORTNAME") has been created with unique ID $(dscl . -list /Users UniqueID | grep -w "$LOCAL_ADMIN_SHORTNAME" | awk '{print $2}')"
+
+fi