# How to create new users on my mac from the terminal

**URL:** <https://community.unix.com/t/how-to-create-new-users-on-my-mac-from-the-terminal/233033>\
**Category:** UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers\
**Created:** [February 25, 2009, 11:12am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/how-to-create-new-users-on-my-mac-from-the-terminal/233033 "2009-02-25T11:12:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![bigmac18](https://community.unix.com/letter_avatar/bigmac18/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@bigmac18](https://community.unix.com/u/bigmac18)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 11:12am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/how-to-create-new-users-on-my-mac-from-the-terminal/233033/1 "2009-02-25T11:12:26Z")

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I finally got how to su - in my mac from the terminal. Now I would like to be able to add new users. useradd -m -d ..... doesn't seem to work.

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**Author:** ![zaxxon](https://community.unix.com/user_avatar/community.unix.com/zaxxon/32/660_2.png) [@zaxxon](https://community.unix.com/u/zaxxon)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 4:33am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/how-to-create-new-users-on-my-mac-from-the-terminal/233033/2 "2009-02-26T04:33:16Z")

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If it doesn't work, post the error message you get so we don't have to guess.  
You could also Google for the case useradd just doesn't exist and find things like these:

[Re: CLI: command line equivalent of useradd on MAC OS X](http://lists.apple.com/archives/darwinos-users/2004/Jul/msg00022.html)