Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 18:19:02 -0700 From: Devin Teske <devin.teske@fisglobal.com> To: Clayton Milos <clay@milos.co.za> Cc: Devin Teske <dteske@freebsd.org>, Freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [CFT] Need Testers for: sysutils/bsdconfig Message-ID: <741A1B0E-6C22-4032-9A4A-2181144430ED@fisglobal.com> In-Reply-To: <A57ECB17-FC90-4033-BD83-1E11CF8B9A6E@fisglobal.com> References: <2322BE6D-24A8-4F4A-84B2-4DFE33BCA65B@fisglobal.com> <4FE3EB9D.9070509@fuzzwad.org> <4FE419CD.60708@rdtc.ru> <F34D40AA-3AE4-4A1F-B521-CEC2A06ABC79@fisglobal.com> <4FE4245C.3040806@rdtc.ru> <90361FE2-2298-48E5-B8B6-2BA704781098@fisglobal.com> <4FE431C0.8040509@rdtc.ru> <006001cd5072$84247cd0$8c6d7670$@milos.co.za> <A57ECB17-FC90-4033-BD83-1E11CF8B9A6E@fisglobal.com>
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On Jun 23, 2012, at 12:11 PM, Devin Teske wrote: >=20 > On Jun 22, 2012, at 5:27 AM, Clayton Milos wrote: >=20 [snip] >> Also it said that my user add failed but it was actually added as uid 10= 05. >=20 > I'm working on this one. I'm changing the routines to allow the UNIX pw(8= ) errors to filter through, rather than masking them with a static error on= non-success. >=20 I overhauled the usermgmt module to rely entirely on pw(8). It should work = a lot better now. I addressed all concerns in the rewrite which should be p= ublished soon in the up-coming 0.7.3 PORTVERSION. >=20 >> I added another user and it stated the uid 1005 when I was creating it b= ut >> showed 1006 in the summary screen. It also said that adding the user fai= led. >=20 > "pw usernext" is executed to get the next uid/gid pair that is available.= It's possible a user was added in the process. I've not witnessed this, bu= t will try to replicate. >=20 This race-condition was addressed and should no longer be possible (regardl= ess of whether it was the root cause of the failure to add). >=20 >> Perhaps I used to short a password as there was no password field entere= d in >> /etc/master.passwd >> twat:*:1005:1005::1340540161:1340626570:twat:/home/twat:/bin/sh >> test1:*:1006:1006::1340454020:1340496000:test1:/home/test1:/bin/tcsh >>=20 >=20 > The password is only set (as a separate command) if the pw(8) useradd suc= ceeded. I'm working on catching errors in edge-cases where we should procee= d despite non-success. >=20 This too has been enhanced. >=20 >> When selecting user account expiry the calendar starts at 1 January 1970= . I >> understand that this is when Unix time started but it would be nice for = it >> to start from the current date. >>=20 >=20 > I filed PR docs/169354 against the passwd(5) manual. If nobody picks up t= he PR in a timely fashion, I'll pro-actively modify bsdconfig to follow wha= t the man-page _should_ say versus what it _does_ say about "how to treat t= he value of zero" (the default). PR docs/169354 was closed after being patched by bjk@ (thx again bjk!) The upcoming release folds this change in to coincide with the updated manu= al. --=20 Thanks again for testing! Devin P.S. Keep an eye out for the next revision of this port for more testing. _____________ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidentia= l. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message an= d all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any ma= nner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware= that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and revie= w by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you.
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