[Pkg-shadow-devel] faillog reset

[Nicolas François]

Hi,

On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 04:36:26PM +0100, pvrabec at redhat.com wrote:
> 
> I just want to ask if there is a reason why reset() in faillog iterates thru 
> "all" UIDs. Can we skip UIDs that a free? I mean there is no user with such a 
> ID.

There is a need to reset the faillog entries for removed users.

But I agree we could differentiate "faillog -r" and "faillog -r -a"

For reset, it's probably easier / faster not to care and reset everything.

For setmax, or set_lock there can be some drawbacks as filling the file
(instead of having a sparse file), so it might be better to have the 2
behaviors (it can also be useful to lock or setmax for future users).


Peter, do you think this should be changed?

In that case, -r, -l, -m should be changed. lastlog should probably be
changed too (it is usually very similar to faillog).

Best Regards,
-- 
Nekral