"pw useradd -D -e" writes bogus expire_days value into pw.conf

[Victor Sudakov]

Yuri Pankov wrote:
> On Sun, 5 Nov 2017 10:32:22 +0700, Victor Sudakov wrote:
> > Dear Colleagues,
> > 
> > Could anyone please reproduce this bug, especially on an 11.x and 12.x
> > branches? Or is it just me?
> > 
> > https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=223431
> 
> Yes, it's the same on -CURRENT, but as the man page says, argument to -e 
> must be numeric in presence of -D, so most likely it just needs an 
> additional check.

Hmm, even with a numeric argument it sets the expiry date incorrectly in
newly created accounts, see the "Expire" line below:

root at gw:~ # pw useradd -D -e 365
root at gw:~ # grep expire_days /etc/pw.conf
expire_days = 365
root at gw:~ # 
root at gw:~ # pw useradd sobaka
Password for 'sobaka' is: rcv8n2PJVP9dt
root at gw:~ # 
root at gw:~ # chsh sobaka
Changing user information for sobaka.
Login: sobaka
Password: $6$KwbJbuUKt03pocQG$nC5mirikOyzF1oFbZacRpn2GXBT1scOBvvtJ8Jfsyw7YPpsR0hW8wDSwLK9uuzAXFNt7aTcFgylweMTXtx1Np.
Uid [#]: 1873
Gid [# or name]: 1000
Change [month day year]:
Expire [month day year]: January 1, 1970
Class: russian
Home directory: /home/sobaka
Shell: /bin/tcsh
Full Name: User &
Office Location:
Office Phone:
Home Phone:
Other information:


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Victor Sudakov,  VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN
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