Simple script to create a new macOS user account. Will not provide a SecureToken.

Create User Account.zsh

#!/bin/zsh

# new user account details
username="lapsadmin"
displayName="LAPS Admin"
password="P@55w0rd"
admin="yes"
hidden="yes"

# determine next available UID
highestUID=$( dscl . -list /Users UniqueID | /usr/bin/awk '$2>m {m=$2} END { print m }' )
nextUID=$(( highestUID+1 ))

# create the account
/usr/bin/dscl . create "/Users/$username"
/usr/bin/dscl . create "/Users/$username" UserShell /bin/zsh
/usr/bin/dscl . create "/Users/$username" RealName "$displayName" 
/usr/bin/dscl . create "/Users/$username" UniqueID "$nextUID"
/usr/bin/dscl . create "/Users/$username" PrimaryGroupID 20
/usr/bin/dscl . passwd "/Users/$username" "$password"

# make the account admin, if specified
if [[ "$admin" = "yes" ]]; then
    /usr/bin/dscl . append /Groups/admin GroupMembership "$username"
fi

# hide the account, if specified
if [[ "$hidden" = "yes" ]]; then
    /usr/bin/dscl . create "/Users/$username" IsHidden 1
    /usr/bin/dscl . create "/Users/$username" NFSHomeDirectory "/private/var/$username"
else
    /usr/bin/dscl . create "/Users/$username" NFSHomeDirectory "/Users/$username"
fi

This worked a treat but as soon as I reboot the mac the option for other seems to disappear as if it’s only in ram

@abeazam I'm surprised this still works, but I just tested and pleased to see it does. Since the button to select "Other" is missing from your login window, I suspect your Mac is encrypted using FileVault and that you're seeing the FileVault screen not the macOS login window. This script doesn't enable the new user account to unlock FileVault.

@talkingmoose thanks for the info

while running this script, I am facing an issue where it doesn't create Home directory for the new user. It creates the new user with Admin privileges but no directory for that user.
FYI, I have FileVault enabled and I am deploying it via JAMF.

@kumarjonwal91 I believe logging in to the account from the login window used to create the home directory folder structure, which may be why the script doesn’t create the home directory. Not sure if this behavior has changed with newer versions of macOS.

You can add these lines toward the end of the script to manually create it from the User Template.

/usr/bin/ditto "/Library/User Template/Non_localized" "/private/var/$username"
/usr/bin/chown -R “$username" "/private/var/$username"

Hey, I'm very knew to the world of Bash, and when I try to launch your code I have an error this kind of error:

passwd: Invalid Path

attribute status: eDSPermissionError DS Error: -14120 (eDSPermissionError) attribute status: eDSPermissionError DS Error: -14120 (eDSPermissionError) attribute status: eDSPermissionError DS Error: -14120 (eDSPermissionError) attribute status: eDSPermissionError DS Error: -14120 (eDSPermissionError) attribute status: eDSPermissionError DS Error: -14120 (eDSPermissionError) DS Error: -14009 (eDSUnknownNodeName) attribute status: eDSPermissionError DS Error: -14120 (eDSPermissionError) attribute status: eDSPermissionError DS Error: -14120 (eDSPermissionError) attribute status: eDSPermissionError DS Error: -14120 (eDSPermissionError)

Could you help me to understand?
Thanks.

@BDat80, I believe you're not running the script with administrator privileges based on the feedback you're receiving.

Try this:

1. Make sure you're logged in to your computer as an administrator.
2. Save the script to a plain text file on your Desktop and name it something like "CreateUser".
3. Open Terminal and enter "sudo" (superuser do) and drag the "CreateUser file into Terminal to fill out the full path for you automatically. It'll look something like sudo /Users/username/Desktop/CreateUser.
4. Press return and enter your administrator password when prompted.

Thanks a lot @talkingmoose, this is working!