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HELP! how do i add/create users/groups in terminal?
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<blockquote data-quote="unknown00" data-source="post: 1616681" data-attributes="member: 336716"><p>running 10.9.5. just got my first macbook for work and was told to install this app. in the instructions it says run these 3 commands</p><p></p><p>/usr/sbin/groupadd --system username</p><p>/usr/sbin/useradd --system --gid username groupname</p><p>chown -R user:group /usr/local/foldername</p><p></p><p>i know mac doesn't have groupadd and useradd, but i've spent over 2 hours on google and i still cant figure it out. i've done tons of dscl dseditgroup cmds all with no luck. please help rewrite these 3 lines for me in mac unix!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="unknown00, post: 1616681, member: 336716"] running 10.9.5. just got my first macbook for work and was told to install this app. in the instructions it says run these 3 commands /usr/sbin/groupadd --system username /usr/sbin/useradd --system --gid username groupname chown -R user:group /usr/local/foldername i know mac doesn't have groupadd and useradd, but i've spent over 2 hours on google and i still cant figure it out. i've done tons of dscl dseditgroup cmds all with no luck. please help rewrite these 3 lines for me in mac unix!! [/QUOTE]
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