create user

serversetup is designed specifically to deal with the admin of the server, including setting the admin account.

Even its own help says that:

/System/Library/ServerSetup/serversetup -help
Usage: serversetup -createUser <full name> <short Name> <passWord>
Create the admin user with <full name>, <short Name>, and <passWord>.
The sequence is important. Return 1 if name exists.

So serversetup is not the tool you want.

To create directory users you should use dscl, the Directory Service Command Line utility, e.g:

dscl / -create /Users/joeschmoe

daly_24 wrote:
well i tried ur command
and it keep tellin me that error

dscl -create /Users/test macuser
Cannot open remote host, error: DSOpenDirServiceErr

do u know what is that?

That is a missing '/' between 'dscl' and '-create'.

well i tried ur command

No - you missed a parameter

dscl / -create /Users/test macuser

The first parameter indicates the directory you want to manage - dscl can either manage the local directory (/) or a remote directory (e.g. /LDAPv3/ldap.server.address/) and it needs to know which one you're trying to edit.

Try this shell script:

http://zsh-templates-osx.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/Library/init/zsh/zshrc.d/local -functions/darwin/add_user

I've never tried it with OS X server, but hopefully it will do the right thing.

dscl . create /Users/testuser uid 5000
sudo dscl . create /Users/testuser gid 5000
sudo dscl . create /Users/testuser shell /bin/bash
sudo dscl . create /Users/testuser home /Users/testuser
sudo dscl . create /Users/testuser realname "testuser"
sudo dscl . create /Groups/testuser gid 5000
sudo dscl . create /Groups/testuser passwd *
sudo passwd testuser
sudo cp -R "/System/Library/User Template/English.lproj" /Users/testuser
sudo chown -R testuser:testuser /Users/testuser
sudo dscl . -read /Users/testuser
AppleMetaNodeLocation: /Local/Default
GeneratedUID: 64F19F73-12D3-4EAF-942F-7038025A412D
NFSHomeDirectory: /Users/testuser
PrimaryGroupID: 5000
RealName: testuser
RecordName: testuser
RecordType: dsRecTypeStandard:Users
UniqueID: 5000
UserShell: /bin/bash

Message was edited by: Nils C. Anderson