def add(name,
        uid=None,
        gid=None,
        groups=None,
        home=None,
        shell=None,
        fullname=None,
        createhome=True,
        **kwargs):
    if info(name):
        raise CommandExecutionError('User \'{0}\' already exists'.format(name))

    if salt.utils.contains_whitespace(name):
        raise SaltInvocationError('Username cannot contain whitespace')

    if uid is None:
        uid = _first_avail_uid()
    if gid is None:
        gid = 20  # gid 20 == 'staff', the default group
    if home is None:
        home = '/Users/{0}'.format(name)
    if shell is None:
        shell = '/bin/bash'
    if fullname is None:
        fullname = ''

    if not isinstance(uid, int):
        raise SaltInvocationError('uid must be an integer')
    if not isinstance(gid, int):
        raise SaltInvocationError('gid must be an integer')

    name_path = '/Users/{0}'.format(name)
    _dscl([name_path, 'UniqueID', uid])
    _dscl([name_path, 'PrimaryGroupID', gid])
    _dscl([name_path, 'UserShell', shell])
    _dscl([name_path, 'NFSHomeDirectory', home])
    _dscl([name_path, 'RealName', fullname])

    # Make sure home directory exists
    if createhome:
        __salt__['file.mkdir'](home, user=uid, group=gid)

    # dscl buffers changes, sleep before setting group membership
    time.sleep(1)
    if groups:
        chgroups(name, groups)
    return True
Add a user to the minion
dataset/ETHPy150Open saltstack/salt/salt/modules/mac_user.py/add