Packaging an account

[milesleacy]

Hey all,
Since Leopard uses flat files for accounts, I was wondering if anyone has
had any luck in creating accounts on Leopard boxes via a package or script.

I'd be eager to see what anyone might be doing with this.

-Miles

[talkingmoose]

Someone has contributed CreateUser to the AFP548.com site
On 11/20/08 2:38 PM, "Miles Leacy" <miles.leacy at themacadmin.com> wrote:
<http://www.afp548.com/filemgmt/index.php?id=76>

I'm only using it to create a single admin account with my InstaDMG packages
but it does exactly what I need.

You can customized standard vs. admin user, home folder path, name, etc.

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bill

William M. Smith, Technical Analyst
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[ernstcs]

Am I missing something here?

/usr/sbin/jamf createAccount

And if you aren't sure what you can do.../usr/sbin/jamf help createAccount

Throw it in a SH script and WHAM...account. I use that often.

Craig E

[tlarkin]

I assume you mean local accounts?

Here is a shameless plug

http://tlarkin.com/tech/create-hidden-user-105

http://tlarkin.com/tech/create-local-user-accounts

Those will create local accounts, are you talking about local accounts I take it?

Let me know

tom

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[tlarkin]

Of course there is the easy way Jamf does it as well, which you can also
script, but I am not sure how customizable it is compared to the dscl. I have never sat there and done a full comparison

[milesleacy]

2008/11/20 Ernst, Craig S. <ERNSTCS at uwec.edu>

Am I missing something here?

Yes. My cold-medicine-addled brain.