====== MacOS tips ======

===== Networking =====

==== Get IP address ====
<code>
$ sudo ipconfig getifaddr en1
</code>

==== Change IP address ====
<code>
$ sudo ipconfig set en1 INFORM 172.21.15.249 255.255.255.248
</code>

==== Change default gateway ====
<code>
$ sudo route delete default
$ sudo route add default 172.21.15.254
</code>

===== Users =====

==== Get user details ====
<code>
$ sudo dscl . -read /Users/bob
</code>

==== Delete a user ====
<code>
$ sudo dscl . -delete /Users/bob
</code>

==== Create a user ====
This one requires a script to wrap all the steps:
<file>
#!/bin/bash
target_user=$1
[ -z $target_user ] && echo "missing target user as first arg" && exit 1

pass=$(openssl rand -base64 12)

maxid=$(dscl . -list /Users UniqueID | awk '{print $2}' | sort -ug | tail -1)
userid=$((maxid+1))

dscl . -create /Users/$target_user
dscl . -create /Users/$target_user UserShell /bin/bash
dscl . -create /Users/$target_user UniqueID "$userid"
dscl . -create /Users/$target_user PrimaryGroupID 80
dscl . -create /Users/$target_user NFSHomeDirectory /Users/$target_user
dscl . -passwd /Users/$target_user $pass
dscl . -append /Groups/admin GroupMembership $target_user

cp -R /System/Library/User\ Template/English.lproj /Users/$target_user
chown -R $target_user:staff /Users/$target_user

echo "created user $target_user with id $userid and password '$pass'"
</file>

<code>
$ sudo bash create_user.sh bob
created user bob with id 502 and password 'Uv6D91hj27Tam'
</code>