Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 13:20:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Joseph Stein <joes@spiritone.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG, joes@joes.users.spiritone.com Subject: bin/3820: login_cap.c (libutil) doesn't recognize [Yy][Ww] for years/weeks Message-ID: <199706092020.NAA11811@joes.users.spiritone.com> Resent-Message-ID: <199706092050.NAA14076@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 3820 >Category: bin >Synopsis: login_cap.c (libutil) doesn't recognize [Yy][Ww] for years/weeks >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Jun 9 13:50:01 PDT 1997 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Joseph Stein >Organization: >Release: FreeBSD 2.2-STABLE i386 >Environment: FreeBSD joes.users.spiritone.com 2.2-STABLE FreeBSD 2.2-STABLE #0: Sun Jun 8 12:04:26 PDT 1997 joes@joes.users.spiritone.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/S_ISDN i386 Sources CVSup'd Jun 7 circa 19:00 hrs. >Description: The login capabilities database returns the following error: Jun 9 12:53:00 joes passwd: login_getcaptime: class 'subshell' bad value passwordperiod=4w when passwords are changed. man 5 login.conf specifies that you should be able to specify weeks with [w] and years with [y]; login_cap.c specifies that you can use either [Ww] or [Yy] safely (at least right now :) >How-To-Repeat: Make your login.conf database have a 'passwordperiod' equal to a certain number of days, or years. (passwordperiod=4w). Change your password. You'll get the above error message (and your password will not expire). >Fix: The code that scans for the 'y' or 'w' falls through to the next case because it is lacking break; statements. (Is that intentional?) Index: src/lib/libutil/login_cap.c =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/cvs/src/lib/libutil/login_cap.c,v retrieving revision 1.12.2.1 diff -r1.12.2.1 login_cap.c 559a560 > break; 561a563 > break; >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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