jjennings089 wrote:
The Directory Utility is hard to describe how to get to
Or simply search "Directory Utility" using Spotlight or open in Finder /System/Library/CoreServices/Applications
It is possible to do it from the command line using dscl. But I couldn't find a way to export the record from one Mac to another...
If you have another computer where the user in question exists, exporting its record from the command line issue
dsexport -r _sshd ~/Desktop/sshd.txt /Local/Default dsRecTypeStandard:Users
The output file is an ASCII text file and is placed on the user's Desktop. Copy the file sshd.txt onto the computer where the user is missing. Place it on the Desktop, for the purpose of this example. Open Terminal and issue
dsimport ~/Desktop/sshd.txt /Local/Default I
The final I means ignore the record if it exists. You can use O to overwrite it.
Just in case you don't have another computer, the following two lines are the raw content of the file sshd.txt
0x0A 0x5C 0x3A 0x2C dsRecTypeStandard:Users 8 dsAttrTypeStandard:NFSHomeDirectory dsAttrTypeStandard:GeneratedUID dsAttrTypeStandard:RecordName dsAttrTypeStandard:RealName dsAttrTypeStandard:PrimaryGroupID dsAttrTypeStandard:UniqueID dsAttrTypeStandard:Password dsAttrTypeStandard:UserShell
/var/empty:FFFFEEEE-DDDD-CCCC-BBBB-AAAA0000004B:_sshd,sshd:sshd Privilege separation:75:75:*:/usr/bin/false
this is the hexdump. Each line must be terminated with the Unix new line 0x0a (red highlighted in the code below)
If you want to use the lines above edit and save it with a text editor, like vi (in Terminal) or a GUI text editor TextEdit or BBedit. When using a GUI editor be sure to set Text Only
hexdump -C ~/Desktop/sshd.txt
00000000 30 78 30 41 20 30 78 35 43 20 30 78 33 41 20 30 |0x0A 0x5C 0x3A 0|
00000010 78 32 43 20 64 73 52 65 63 54 79 70 65 53 74 61 |x2C dsRecTypeSta|
00000020 6e 64 61 72 64 3a 55 73 65 72 73 20 38 20 64 73 |ndard:Users 8 ds|
00000030 41 74 74 72 54 79 70 65 53 74 61 6e 64 61 72 64 |AttrTypeStandard|
00000040 3a 4e 46 53 48 6f 6d 65 44 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 |:NFSHomeDirector|
00000050 79 20 64 73 41 74 74 72 54 79 70 65 53 74 61 6e |y dsAttrTypeStan|
00000060 64 61 72 64 3a 47 65 6e 65 72 61 74 65 64 55 49 |dard:GeneratedUI|
00000070 44 20 64 73 41 74 74 72 54 79 70 65 53 74 61 6e |D dsAttrTypeStan|
00000080 64 61 72 64 3a 52 65 63 6f 72 64 4e 61 6d 65 20 |dard:RecordName |
00000090 64 73 41 74 74 72 54 79 70 65 53 74 61 6e 64 61 |dsAttrTypeStanda|
000000a0 72 64 3a 52 65 61 6c 4e 61 6d 65 20 64 73 41 74 |rd:RealName dsAt|
000000b0 74 72 54 79 70 65 53 74 61 6e 64 61 72 64 3a 50 |trTypeStandard:P|
000000c0 72 69 6d 61 72 79 47 72 6f 75 70 49 44 20 64 73 |rimaryGroupID ds|
000000d0 41 74 74 72 54 79 70 65 53 74 61 6e 64 61 72 64 |AttrTypeStandard|
000000e0 3a 55 6e 69 71 75 65 49 44 20 64 73 41 74 74 72 |:UniqueID dsAttr|
000000f0 54 79 70 65 53 74 61 6e 64 61 72 64 3a 50 61 73 |TypeStandard:Pas|
00000100 73 77 6f 72 64 20 64 73 41 74 74 72 54 79 70 65 |sword dsAttrType|
00000110 53 74 61 6e 64 61 72 64 3a 55 73 65 72 53 68 65 |Standard:UserShe|
00000120 6c 6c 0a 2f 76 61 72 2f 65 6d 70 74 79 3a 46 46 |ll./var/empty:FF|
00000130 46 46 45 45 45 45 2d 44 44 44 44 2d 43 43 43 43 |FFEEEE-DDDD-CCCC|
00000140 2d 42 42 42 42 2d 41 41 41 41 30 30 30 30 30 30 |-BBBB-AAAA000000|
00000150 34 42 3a 5f 73 73 68 64 2c 73 73 68 64 3a 73 73 |4B:_sshd,sshd:ss|
00000160 68 64 20 50 72 69 76 69 6c 65 67 65 20 73 65 70 |hd Privilege sep|
00000170 61 72 61 74 69 6f 6e 3a 37 35 3a 37 35 3a 2a 3a |aration:75:75:*:|
00000180 2f 75 73 72 2f 62 69 6e 2f 66 61 6c 73 65 0a |/usr/bin/false.|
