Manual Page for add_user

     add_user(7)            Mac OS X Darwin ZSH customization           add_user(7)

    NAME
           add_user  -  Add  a  user to the Directory Service database and create the user's
           account

    SYNOPSIS
           add_user username fullname uid account_type

           where

           username is a one-word short username that becomes the username of  the
           account

           fullname  can  be a multi-word full name such as "Joseph P. Docus" pro-
           vided the double-quotes are present.

           uid is an (unused) numerical user id integer (Mac OS X starts numbering
           users consecutively from 501 but any larger integers may be used)

           account_type must be either "staff" or "admin".

           All  four  arguments  are  compulsory and must be supplied in the order
           given above.

    DESCRIPTION
           add_user Consider using the System Preferences  >  Accounts  preference
           pane to do this instead.

           The add_user command must be invoked by an admin user.

           Takes  the  user's username (i.e., account name, short name), fullname,
           uid, and staff|admin and creates:

           a new user in NetInfo passwd

           a new /Users/username home directory

    SEE ALSO
           add_user(7),     addgroup(7),     delete_user(7),      delete_group(7),
           remove_user_from_group(7), adduser2group(7)

    AUTHOR
           Obtained   and   modified   from  a  bash  shell  script  available  at
           http://www.osxfaq.com/tips/unix-tricks/week91/friday.ws

    MAINTAINER
           W. G. Scott wgscott@users.sourceforge.net

    Mac OS X                        August 4, 2005                     add_user(7)