MacUserGenerator

A utility that assists in automating the creation of macOS User Accounts.

MacUserGenerator (MUG) is written from the ground up, with ideas heavily inspired from MagerValp's CreateUserPkg.

Features

Export a user account as a Shell script (sh).
Export a user account as an Installer Package (pkg).
Ability to Open / Save the user account document / snapshot (MUGshot? 🙃).
Nice to haves:
- User account can be hidden from the login window and the Users and Groups preference pane in System Preferences.app.
  - User home folder can also be hidden.
- User can be set to login automatically.
- User can skip the Setup Assistant on first login.
  - User can also skip the iCloud setup screen.
  - User can also skip the Siri setup screen.
  - User can also skip the Touch ID setup screen.
  - User can also skip the Analytics screen.
  - User can also skip the Data & Privacy screen.

Under the hood (the nerdy stuff)

Export a user account as a Shell script (sh):
- Shell environment is bash: #!/usr/bin/env bash
- The user account picture is embedded into the shell script (base64). No need for a separate image file!
- The user account password is hashed using PBKDF2 (your password does not appear in plain text anywhere).
Export a user account as an Installer Package (pkg):
- Package is payload free, it uses the script export mentioned above as a postinstall script within the package.
- Package will be signed with a Developer ID Installer Certificate (if selected) during export.
- Exports should work with targeted volumes (used in imaging workflows ie. AutoDMG).

Things I would love some help with

A proper app icon. It's horrible.
Maybe a better app name? MacUserGenerator (MUG) is a play on words on CreateUserPkg (CUP). Open to alternatives 😀.
Ability for the user account to be allowed to unlock FileVault (FDE).

Requirements

Written in Swift 4.3.
Built using Xcode 9.3.
Builds run on OS X El Capitan 10.11 or later.
Exports tested on macOS Sierra 10.12 and later.

Download

Grab the latest version of MacUserGenerator from the releases page.

Credits / Thank You

Project created and maintained by Nindi Gill (ninxsoft).
Per Olofsson (MagerValp) for his blessing and advice on the project.
Marcus Ransom (@marcusransom) for his advice and help with testing.

Version History

0.2
- Selecting Administrator for Account Type should now work correctly
- Added option to skip the Data & Privacy screen
- Photo support
- Rewrote the export script:
  - No longer uses defaults write
  - Uses PlistBuddy instead
0.1
- Initial release

License

Copyright © 2017 Nindi Gill

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