Small utility to create users and to update the shadow hash data in a user record via the Open Directory APIs.

This has been tested with macOS Mojave where it solves the problem of being unable to create a new user by creating the raw plist files in the local OD node.

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createUser takes a number of options, only one is required -u the other options determine if the user is created and/or the password hash is updated.

-u user Determines the user name to create or to update the hash

-f first First name of the user -l last Last name of the user -uid uid UID of the user -gid gid GID of the user -guid guid GUID of the user -admin Determines if the user is an admin or not -pass pass Sets the password of the user

-i iterations Iterations of the hash -e entropy Entropy of the hash -s salt Salt of the hash

-h Returns the help statement -p Prints the current hash of the user specified

Create a new user

createUser -u joel -f Joel -l Rennich -uid 510 -gid 20 -admin

Will create a new user with the specified attributes. If no password is set you will not be able to authenticate as this user.

createUser -u joel -e Tf5e5HovnQ/MQoG3XNxpfP19bDxMSsdfsdfsdfXOq05vac1e8taMEl23hqvPHCtw+e7qGjty6aaEc1E8jywnO0= -i 2343 -s FwnfiVOsdfaseP6fEr21O05jiZEBVCrSBCDt3hzbk=

Will update the hash for the user with the specified attributes.