RE: [Bug 987] New: pam account setup uses non-LSB command

"Wichmann, Mats D" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.lsb.test-suite
Message-ID <A06801158AE07847B27A52C1A074BC1D07FB0C2A@fmsmsx404.amr.corp.intel.com>
 
	In fact, we need chage for both vsx1 and vsx2:
	
	chage -m 1 -M 2 -d $yr-$month-$date vsx1; 
	chage -E $yr-$month-$date vsx2
	
	we can use usermod (which conforms to LSB) to replace chage for
vsx2, but
	it has no such features as -m, -M and -d options of chage.
	

we can use passwd for the -m and -M, I think
(the -n and -x options should be equivalent),
but I also see no replacement for -d and -E,
which fiddle with the last change date and
the expiry date.  It's possible one could do
something with using passwd to reset the
passwords on these two accounts, fiddling with
the date while doing so.  But maybe this is not
worth doing - it may have to go into the category
of "it would be really nice if the tests could
be LSB conforming, but...".

I updated the bug with similar comments - looking
for more feedback.
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