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Create OSX user and group with specific IDs to fix VMWare shared folders agains a Linux host
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osx_linux.sh
# Within Mac VM
sudo -s
# Create user with id 1000 and group with id 1000
dscl . -create /Groups/mygroup
dscl . -create /Groups/mygroup name mygroup
dscl . -create /Groups/mygroup passwd "clave"
dscl . -create /Groups/mygroup gid 1000
dscl . -create /Users/myuser
dscl . -create /Users/myuser UserShell /bin/bash
dscl . -create /Users/myuser RealName "myuser"
dscl . -create /Users/myuser UniqueID 1000
dscl . -create /Users/myuser PrimaryGroupID 1000
dscl . -create /Users/myuser NFSHomeDirectory /Users/myuser
dscl . -passwd /Users/myuser clave
dscl . -create /Groups/mygroup GroupMembership myuser
# Add user as sudoer
visudo
# Add this line:
myuser ALL=(ALL) ALL
# Now restart the Mac VM and login with the new user
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