Create/Delete Users and Change User Passwords (Tiger)

These filesets will allow you to easily create a new user or change an existing user's password. Follow the steps below:

Create New User

1. Download the Create New User Fileset (OS X) and import it into your FileWave Server.

2. Open the fileset, option-click on the triangle, and get info on the script. It's already set to execute -- you just need to modify the arguments appropriately.

The arguments are as follows:
1 - New User short name
2 - New User long name
3 - Is this an admin user? (yes/no)

As is, this would create a new user called 'helpdesk' with a long name of "Help Desk" and the account would have admin privileges.

Since it won't have a password, you'll likely want to couple it with this:

Change a User's Password

1. Download the Change User Password Fileset (OS X) and import it into your FileWave Server.

2. Open the fileset, option-click on the triangle, and get info on the script. It's already set to execute -- you just need to modify the arguments appropriately.

The arguments are as follows:
1 - Username (short)
2 - Password

Therefore, this example would set the password for the user, "helpdesk" to "jelly" (pun intended)

Deleting Users

1. Download the Delete User (OS X) Fileset and import it into your FileWave Server.

2. Get info on the script and edit it to:
argument 1 = user's shortname
argument 2 = REMOVE or nothing

If remove is set, the user's home directory will be removed as well as the user record. This example would delete the user, "badUser" along with his home directory.