[Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#304934: marked as done ([ALEXANDER] passwd: there should be a way to override PASS_MAX_DAYS in useradd)
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From: Marc Haber <mh+debian-bugs@zugschlus.de>
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Subject: passwd: please add command line option to override PASS_MAX_DAYS
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Package: passwd
Version: 1:4.0.3-31sarge2
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Hi,
when PASS_MAX_DAYS is set in login.defs, useradd creates accounts that
expires. This causes adduser to create _system_ accounts that expire,
which is bad.
Please provide a command line option for useradd so that adduser can
tell useradd to create a non-expiring account.
Greetings
Marc
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
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Hi!
I just forgot about a "secret" -O option in
useradd. :)
You can use it to override whatever values from
login.defs
For example, regarding bug #298883, use of:
> `useradd -O PASS_MAX_DAYS=99999 usr298883`
will solve your problem (other solution, that you have
currently implemented, involves `chage`).
Thus closing the bug.
The problem with -O option is a Tomasz's desire to
rename it to -K for sake of unfication with Solaris:
On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 11:31:45PM +0100, Tomasz Kłoczko wrote:
> I see some good things in shadow like tools in Solaris and some things I
> want to integrate on shadow.
...
> All above variables can be used by "useradd -K <key>=<value>".
...
> Current shadow useradd have undocumented -O option. Fragment from
> useradd source code:
>
> case 'O':
> /*
> * override login.defs defaults (-O name=value)
> * example: -O UID_MIN=100 -O UID_MAX=499
> * note: -O UID_MIN=10,UID_MAX=499 doesn't work yet
> */
> cp = strchr (optarg, '=');
> if (!cp) {
> fprintf (stderr,
> _("%s: -O requires NAME=VALUE\n"),
> Prog);
> exit (E_BAD_ARG);
> }
> /* terminate name, point to value */
> *cp++ = '\0';
> if (putdef_str (optarg, cp) < 0)
> exit (E_BAD_ARG);
> break;
>
> IMO it will be good kill -O an move this to -K.
P.S. now you know the alternatives, at least. ;)
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