MAC OS script to create and add user account to local admin group

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RUN THIS SCRIPT AS LOCALSYSTEM USER

EDITABLE PARAMETERS:

UserName: Give here the username for the user account.
password: Give here the password for the user account.

NOTE: If the specified user account already exists, the script will only add the user account to the local admin group without creating it a new user account.

For example: If you want to use this script to add already existing user account to local admin group, give the username of the account in the UserName. You can leave the password parameter as it is, Since the script is not going to use it. you can also empty it like this: password = ""

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PYTHON SCRIPT FILE SHA1 VALUE - 49c51d92975ab53d9b205035e75f6e56be3a2bc1

Procedure's Instructions

UserName = "Comodo"
password = "123456"

from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
import os

def ecmd(command):
    obj = Popen(command, shell = True, stdout = PIPE, stderr = PIPE)
    out, err = obj.communicate()
    ret=obj.returncode
    return ret,out,err

bash_script = """#!/bin/bash

LastID=`dscl . -list /Users UniqueID | awk '{print $2}' | sort -n | tail -1`
NextID=$((LastID + 1))

dscl . -create "/Users/%(us)s"
dscl . -create "/Users/%(us)s" UserShell /bin/bash
dscl . -create "/Users/%(us)s" RealName "%(us)s" 
dscl . -create "/Users/%(us)s" UniqueID $NextID
dscl . -create "/Users/%(us)s" PrimaryGroupID 20
dscl . -create "/Users/%(us)s" NFSHomeDirectory "/Users/%(us)s"
dscl . -passwd "/Users/%(us)s" "%(ps)s"

dscl . -append /Groups/admin GroupMembership "%(us)s"
"""%{'us': UserName, 'ps': password}

user_list = os.popen('dscl . list /Users | grep -v "^_"').read().strip().splitlines()

for user in user_list:
    if user == UserName:
        print("given user account already exists. adding it to the admin group")
        ret, out, err = ecmd('sudo dseditgroup -o edit -a "%s" -t user admin'%(UserName))
        if ret==0:
            print("successfully added given user account to admin group")
            if out:
                print(out.decode('utf-8').strip())
        else:
            if err:
                print(err)
            else:
                print(ret)
        break
else:
    print("creating user account and adding it to admin group....")
    file_dir= "/tmp/comodo_user_script"

if not os.path.exists(file_dir):
        os.makedirs(file_dir)
    
    scriptpath = file_dir + "/create_and_add.sh"

with open(scriptpath,'w') as f:
        f.write(bash_script)
    
    ret,out,err = ecmd('sh "%s"'%(scriptpath))
    if ret==0:
        if out:
            print(out)
        print("successfully created user account and added it to admin group")
    else:
        if err:
            print(err)
        else:
            print(ret)
    os.remove(scriptpath)

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