[X-Unix] Creating users with the command line

[Philip J Robar]

On Oct 11, 2004, at 12:32 PM, Pedro fp wrote:

> G'day Folks
>
> I'm trying to (re)configure the Apache server in my Mac OS X.3 
> following the instructions given in "Apache the Definitive Guide" 
> (O'Reilly). I'm doing this both as a learning exercise and because I 
> need a more sophisticated testing server than I currently have, in 
> particular I need multiple virtual servers with SSL.
>
> Early on ATDG advises creating a user called 'webuser' in a group 
> 'webgroup'. The authors advise first creating webgroup using the 
> command ...
> 	adduser -group webgroup
> then using addgroup to add webuser however when I attempt to run those 
> commands I get ...
> 	-bash: adduser: command not found
> Can anyone advise how I can do this on OS X.3? The objective is to 
> create a user who "cannot actually log in" for Apache services to run 
> as.

A little googling works wonders.

You need to look into niutil(1) and/or check out these links:

http://www.osxfaq.com/FAQ/User_Admin_FAQ/index.ws

http://www.afp548.com/article.php?story=20040813023740511


Also O'reilly has a book which covers OS X's command line utilities: 
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mosxgeeks/?CMP=IL7015


Phil