Does anyone know how to add unix groupadd command on Mac OSX 10.5? I'm trying to do man on groupadd and useradd commands but it doesn't seem to exist.

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groupadd and useradd are Linux-isms.

For some good answers on how to add users from the command line in Mac OS X, see this question on ServerFault:

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Like mentioned before, useradd (and adduser) are Linux commands.

Lucky for you there is the OS X dscl command. I've written a simple script for adduser and deluser that you can find at the following links. The key piece of the linked adduser script is below.

sudo dscl . -create /Users/<user>
sudo dscl . -create /Users/<user> UserShell /bin/bash
sudo dscl . -create /Users/<user> RealName "<realName>"
sudo dscl . -create /Users/<user> UniqueID "<userID>"
sudo dscl . -create /Users/<user> PrimaryGroupID <groupID>
sudo dscl . -create /Users/<user> NFSHomeDirectory /Users/<user>
sudo dscl . -passwd /Users/<user> <passwd>
sudo dscl . -append /Groups/admin GroupMembership <user>

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You might want to check out the third Google hit for "mac useradd equivalent 10.5"...

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