def add(name,
        uid=None,
        gid=None,
        groups=None,
        home=None,
        shell=None,
        unique=True,
        fullname='',
        roomnumber='',
        workphone='',
        homephone='',
        createhome=True,
        loginclass=None,
        **kwargs):
    '''
    Add a user to the minion

    CLI Example:

    .. code-block:: bash

        salt '*' user.add name <uid> <gid> <groups> <home> <shell>
    '''
    kwargs = salt.utils.args.clean_kwargs(**kwargs)
    if salt.utils.data.is_true(kwargs.pop('system', False)):
        log.warning('pw_user module does not support the \'system\' argument')
    if kwargs:
        log.warning('Invalid kwargs passed to user.add')

    if isinstance(groups, six.string_types):
        groups = groups.split(',')
    cmd = ['pw', 'useradd']
    if uid:
        cmd.extend(['-u', uid])
    if gid:
        cmd.extend(['-g', gid])
    if groups:
        cmd.extend(['-G', ','.join(groups)])
    if home is not None:
        cmd.extend(['-d', home])
    if createhome is True:
        cmd.append('-m')
    if loginclass:
        cmd.extend(['-L', loginclass])
    if shell:
        cmd.extend(['-s', shell])
    if not salt.utils.data.is_true(unique):
        cmd.append('-o')
    gecos_field = _build_gecos({'fullname': fullname,
                                'roomnumber': roomnumber,
                                'workphone': workphone,
                                'homephone': homephone})
    cmd.extend(['-c', gecos_field])
    cmd.extend(['-n', name])
    return __salt__['cmd.retcode'](cmd, python_shell=False) == 0