Possible bug: `adduser` not respecting home directory mode

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From: Daniel Li <dan_at_danielyli.com>
Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2024 06:51:57 UTC

Hi there,

I noticed today that the home directory for a new user created via any of
these methods will always have permissions `rwxr-xr-x`:

1. `adduser -M 700`
2. `adduser`, and then manually specify `700` in interactive mode
3. Configure default mode via `adduser -C`, then execute the above #1 or #2

`adduser` seems to always ignore the specified mode. Is this a bug, or is
this user error?

freebsd-version -kru gives:
14.1-RELEASE
14.1-RELEASE
14.1-RELEASE-p1

Best,
Daniel Li