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Re: [PATCH v3] credential: new attribute password_expiry_utc

From
M Hickford <mirth.hickford@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 18, 2023, 08:00 UTC
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On Thu, 16 Feb 2023 at 19:16, Calvin Wan <calvinwan@google.com> wrote:
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>
> >  static int run_credential_helper(struct credential *c,
> > @@ -342,6 +352,10 @@ void credential_fill(struct credential *c)
> >
> >       for (i = 0; i < c->helpers.nr; i++) {
> >               credential_do(c, c->helpers.items[i].string, "get");
> > +             if (c->password_expiry_utc < time(NULL)) {
> > +                     FREE_AND_NULL(c->password);
> > +                     c->password_expiry_utc = TIME_MAX;
> > +             }
> >               if (c->username && c->password)
> >                       return;
> >               if (c->quit)
>
> I see you null out c->password in the expiry if block so that the
> following c->password check in the following if statement fails.
> While I think it's neat little trick, I wonder if others on list
> think it's better to be more explicit with how the logic should
> work (eg. adding the c->passowrd_expiry_utc check as an inner
> block inside of the c->username && c->password block).

It's important to reset the expiry date as well as discard the expired password so that fill accepts a later password without expiry (see test cases). I'll add a comment in patch v4.

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  1. credential: new attribute password_expiry_utcM Hickford via GitGitGadget, Jan 28, 2023
  2. Junio C HamanoJan 29, 2023
  3. M HickfordFeb 1, 2023
  4. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2023
  5. Eric SunshineJan 30, 2023
  6. M HickfordFeb 5, 2023
  7. credential: new attribute password_expiry_utcM Hickford via GitGitGadget, Feb 1, 2023
  8. Jeff KingFeb 1, 2023
  9. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2023
  10. Jeff KingFeb 2, 2023
  11. Matthew John CheethamFeb 1, 2023
  12. Jeff KingFeb 2, 2023
  13. M HickfordFeb 5, 2023
  14. Matthew John CheethamFeb 6, 2023
  15. M HickfordFeb 5, 2023
  16. credential: new attribute password_expiry_utcM Hickford via GitGitGadget, Feb 4, 2023
  17. Junio C HamanoFeb 14, 2023
  18. M HickfordFeb 14, 2023
  19. Lessley DenningtonFeb 17, 2023
  20. Junio C HamanoFeb 17, 2023
  21. M HickfordFeb 18, 2023
  22. Martin ÅgrenFeb 14, 2023
  23. Calvin WanFeb 16, 2023
  24. M HickfordFeb 18, 2023
  25. credential: new attribute password_expiry_utcM Hickford via GitGitGadget, Feb 18, 2023
  26. Calvin WanFeb 22, 2023

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