On Sep 10, 2024, at 4:20 PM, Gerben Wierda <[email protected]> wrote: > Basically, my plan is to compare the local database > (/var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default) to see which items have been created by > MacPorts installs, copy these over so that a next MacPorts install would find > the users already created > > But dscl cannot really do import/output so copying the plists is probably the > easiest option. I don't know if such a file based approach works (nothing > changed elsewhere on the system?)
I've done file copying like this when migrating some shell users from one macOS install to another (both with different hardware and different OS releases) - it should work (but YMMV). -- Daniel J. Luke
