+ Cleanup on <tt>pw(8)</tt>
+
+
+
+
+ Baptiste
+ Daroussin
+
+ bapt@FreeBSD.org
+
+
+
+
+ pw(8) is the utility to create, delete, and
+ modify users. This tool has remained mostly untouched since
+ its creation, but needed updating.
+
+ Lots of cleanup has been done:
+
+
+ - Deduplication of code
+
+ - Reduction of complexity by splitting into smaller
+ functions
+
+ - Reuse of existing code in base:
+
+ - sbuf(9) for buffered string
+
+ - stringlist(3) for string arrays
+
+ - gr_utils (from libutil) instead of homemade
+ group manipulation
+
+ - strptime(3) to parse time strings
+
+
+
+ - Added validation on most input options, fixing some
+ serious bugs due to bad usage of atoi(3)
+
+ - many regression tests added to test for regressions due to
+ all of these changes
+
+
+ A new feature was added:
+ pw -R rootdir cmd which allows
+ cross manipulation of users.
+
+
+
+
+ More cleanup.
+
+
+
+ More regression tests.
+
+
+
+ LDAP support?
+
+
+