<p>It&#39;s quite annoying how non-simple OSX is to Linux, so nearly all of the commands I&#39;m used to don&#39;t actually work anymore so I have a lot more to learn. One of the basics was the lack of <code>usermod</code> which I use quite a lot while setting up permissions for things like client FTP, shared folders in Samba and vhosts in Apache2. Seems there is no <i>simple</i> way to do this on Mac, and the command is somewhat long winded, but here it is for anyone looking for a solution that works.</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><code class="language-bash">dseditgroup -o edit -u adminusername -p -a username -t user group</code></pre></div><p>Not quite as easy to remember as usermod, but I&#39;m sure after a few attempts it will sink in. <code>adminusername</code> is the name of your admin account and <code>username</code> is the name of the account you wish to ammend. <code>group</code> is the name of the group you wish for the user to go into.</p>


It's quite annoying how non-simple OSX is to Linux, so nearly all of the commands I'm used to don't actually work anymore so I have a lot more to learn. One of the basics was the lack of <code>usermod</code> which I use quite a lot while setting up permissions for things like client FTP, shared folders in Samba and vhosts in Apache2. Seems there is no <i>simple</i> way to do this on Mac, and the command is somewhat long winded, but here it is for anyone looking for a solution that works.

``` bash
dseditgroup -o edit -u adminusername -p -a username -t user group
```

Not quite as easy to remember as usermod, but I'm sure after a few attempts it will sink in. <code>adminusername</code> is the name of your admin account and <code>username</code> is the name of the account you wish to ammend. <code>group</code> is the name of the group you wish for the user to go into.

Adding User to a Group on OSX Lion