Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 15:32:17 -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: <B622337A-28E4-443B-BAFD-ECF00F907A4D@fisglobal.com> In-Reply-To: <006001cd5072$84247cd0$8c6d7670$@milos.co.za> 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>
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On Jun 22, 2012, at 5:27 AM, Clayton Milos wrote:
>=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
This was on-purpose because there is a discrepancy in passwd(5) manual rega=
rding what a value of zero (0) means for these fields.
>From passwd(5):
The change field is the number of seconds from the epoch, UTC, until t=
he
password for the account must be changed. This field may be left empty
to turn off the password aging feature.
Nowhere in the manual does it say that zero is a synonym to being left empt=
y.
So I can think of one of two solutions:
Update the manual to say that "0" is the same as being "left empty"
or
Change the behavior to treat zero as "[zero] seconds from the epoch".
Currently, bsdconfig treats zero as the latter, not the former -- until suc=
h discrepancy can be resolved.
NOTE: It should also be noted that Linux and FreeBSD when pointed at the sa=
me LDAP server have disagreements between the value of this field and the b=
est solution in this situation is to remove the field in question (e.g., sh=
adowExpire, shadowMax, etc.).
--=20
Devin
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