Creating A New User in Terminal (Mac OS X)

The following commands can be used to create a new user in Terminal via SSH:

dscl . -create /Users/new_user

dscl . -create /Users/new_user UserShell /bin/bash

dscl . -create /Users/new_user RealName “USER NAME“

dscl . -create /Users/new_user UniqueID 503

dscl . -create /Users/new_user PrimaryGroupID 20

PrimaryGroupID of 80 creates an Admin user. Change to PrimaryGroupID of 20 to create a Standard user.

dscl . -create /Users/new_user NFSHomeDirectory /Users/new_user

dscl . -passwd /Users/new_user changeme

dscl . append /Groups/admin GroupMembership new_user

You may need to create the home directory as well:

createhomedir -u new_user