Create New User Script and Change Home Dir

I am working on creating a portable user for my usb flash drive so that I can take my desktop anywhere. I was wondering if there was a way that I could make a shell script to:
1. Create a user account named acnt with the password pswd
2. Change the NetInfo link of the accounts home directory to /Volumes/Users/User/acount
I know how to do this in gui, but I would like a more stream lined aproach to doing this. Thank you.

Dear Dominic,
There are a number of ways to do this deppending on exactly what you want to do.
The easy way is to create a file called .profile. .profile will change directories when you login. But this only works as far as terminal login is concerned. To do this type.
cat>.profile
cd /Volumes/Users/User/account
<control D>
Another way to do this is to use netinfo to adjust the values in the netinfor equivalent of /etc/password. You just set the home directory to where ever you want to login. But as I understand it, This has problems if you try to use Micro$oft software. I have NOT tried this, I just recall seeing a message to this effect in this fine forum.
I am on the road, so I do NOT have my library and note books. If you need more details on how to use netinfo, just post more questions. Someone else will figure out the details or I will see them when I return to my notes and library.
Your humble unix geek,
Kurt

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