Apple oxs manual To create a user with a specific UID

7Working With Users and Groups 7

Commands you can use to set up and manage users and groups in Mac OS X Server.

Creating Server Administrator Users

You can use the serversetup command to create administrator users for a server. To create regular users, see “Importing Users and Groups” on page 54.

To create a user:

$ serversetup -createUser fullname shortname password

The name, short name, and password must be typed in the order shown. If the full name includes spaces, type it in quotes.

The command displays a 1 if the full name or short name is already in use.

To create a user with a specific UID:

$ serversetup -createUserWithID fullname shortname password userid

The name, short name, password, and UID must be typed in the order shown. If the full name includes spaces, type it in quotes.

The command displays a 1 if the full name, short name, or UID is already in use or if the UID you specified is less than 100.

To create a user with a specific UID and home directory:

$ serversetup -createUserWithIDIP fullname shortname password userid

homedirpath

The name, short name, password, and UID must be typed in the order shown. If the full name includes spaces, type it in quotes.

The command displays a 1 if the full name, short name, or UID is already in use or if the UID you specified is less than 100.

53