Mac OS X Server Command Line Administration

by Peter Jones / February 21, 2008

Mac OS X server administration from the command line can be much faster (and cheaper) than using a GUI solution. Here are some tips to get you started.

Creating User Accounts

Create a new account with administrator privileges (can use sudo):

sudo /System/Library/ServerSetup/serversetup -createUser 'Full Name' shortname password

Add User to a Group

Add the pjones user to the deploy group:

sudo niutil -appendprop / /groups/deploy users pjones

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