[Casper] hidden users in 10.5

[Thomas Larkin]

I am using this command with the newest client and it isn't working. 
Any ideas?  In fact no jamf commands seem to be working.  However, if I
log into the web end of the JSS the machine is checking into inventory. 
Trying to build this into the image.

Any ideas?  The only modification i did to your command was put the full
path of /var with /private/var

However, I think I just answered my own question.  The local admin
account I am using to create the image did not have a password set at
all.  Then I set a password and now the terminal commands are working. 
Where as before the blank password was not allowing the commands to
work.  I assume this is normal behavior?

It is working once I put a password on that local admin account.  So,
this is just an FYI to anyone who runs into this.

Thomas Larkin
TIS Department
KCKPS USD500
tlarki at kckps.org
cell:  913-449-7589
office:  913-627-0351
>>> Josh Holland <josh at jamfsoftware.com> 06/13/08 2:25 PM >>>
Thomas,

You could use the jamf command, which has a verb that rolls all the
commands into one.  ie:

sudo jamf createAccount -username netadmin -realname "Network
Administrator" -password p at 55w0rd -home /var/netadmin -shell "/bin/bash"
-hiddenUser -admin

This could be run as an @reboot script after imaging, or on your OS
package by running it when building the OS (if you don't have the jamf
binary on it, run it from a thumb drive or other parition).

Please let us know if that helps.

Thanks,

Josh



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On 6/13/08 12:41 PM, "Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:

Since we are migrating into 10.5 I want to set up a few local hidden
user accounts.  1 for local administration by the IT staff and the other
for all the casper stuff.  Before I would just create the user, move it
to a different directory, change and apply ownerships and modify paths
in netinfo.   Well, in 10.5 there is no longer any netinfo.  How are you
all doing this?  here are the commands I am using, perhaps my syntax is
off but I yield no errors when running it.

sudo dscl . create /Users/$USERNAME
sudo dscl . create /Users/$USERNAME PrimaryGroupID 450
sudo dscl . create /Users/$USERNAME UniqueID 450
sudo dscl . create /Users/$USERNAME UserShell /bin/bash
sudo dscl . passwd /Users/$USERNAME $PASSWORD
sudo dscl . append /Groups/admin GroupMembership $USERNAME
sudo dscl . create /Users/$USERNAME NFSHomeDirectory
/private/var/$USERNAME

Any advice?

I already edited the /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow.plist to
hide all users under UID 500 and that seems to work.

Thomas Larkin
TIS Department
KCKPS USD500
tlarki at kckps.org
cell:  913-449-7589
office:  913-627-0351
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