user module password expiration fixes (#75390)

* allow inputting 0 for password_expire_{min|max}
   0 is meaningful for min days (any time)   
   0 is technically valid for max_days
* add test for setting both min and max expiry
* [0] return result of execute_command from set_password_expire*
* [1] better return for set_password_expire
* [2] handle returns from set_password_expire*
* only set password expiry if user exists
* collect return-handling code
* combine password min and max into one execution
* handle case where spwd is not present like on macOS and FreeBSD

Co-authored-by: Sam Doran <sdoran@redhat.com>

changelogs/fragments/75017-user-password-expiry.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - user - allow ``password_expiry_min`` and ``password_expiry_min`` to be set to ``0`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75017)
+  - user - allow password min and max to be set at the same time (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75017)

lib/ansible/modules/user.py

@@ -1048,29 +1048,27 @@ class User(object):
             info[1] = self.user_password()[0]
         return info
 
-    def set_password_expire_max(self):
+    def set_password_expire(self):
-        command_name = 'chage'
+        min_needs_change = self.password_expire_min is not None
-        cmd = [self.module.get_bin_path(command_name, True)]
+        max_needs_change = self.password_expire_max is not None
-        cmd.append('-M')
+
-        cmd.append(self.password_expire_max)
+        if HAVE_SPWD:
-        cmd.append(self.name)
+            shadow_info = spwd.getspnam(self.name)
-        if self.password_expire_max == spwd.getspnam(self.name).sp_max:
+            min_needs_change &= self.password_expire_min != shadow_info.sp_min
-            self.module.exit_json(changed=False)
+            max_needs_change &= self.password_expire_max != shadow_info.sp_max
-        else:
+
-            self.execute_command(cmd)
+        if not (min_needs_change or max_needs_change):
-            self.module.exit_json(changed=True)
+            return (None, '', '')  # target state already reached
 
-    def set_password_expire_min(self):
         command_name = 'chage'
         cmd = [self.module.get_bin_path(command_name, True)]
-        cmd.append('-m')
+        if min_needs_change:
-        cmd.append(self.password_expire_min)
+            cmd.extend(["-m", self.password_expire_min])
+        if max_needs_change:
+            cmd.extend(["-M", self.password_expire_max])
         cmd.append(self.name)
-        if self.password_expire_min == spwd.getspnam(self.name).sp_min:
+
-            self.module.exit_json(changed=False)
+        return self.execute_command(cmd)
-        else:
-            self.execute_command(cmd)
-            self.module.exit_json(changed=True)
 
     def user_password(self):
         passwd = ''
@@ -3207,15 +3205,14 @@ def main():
             result['ssh_key_file'] = user.get_ssh_key_path()
             result['ssh_public_key'] = user.get_ssh_public_key()
 
-    # deal with password expire max
+        (rc, out, err) = user.set_password_expire()
-    if user.password_expire_max:
+        if rc is None:
-        if user.user_exists():
+            pass  # target state reached, nothing to do
-            user.set_password_expire_max()
+        else:
-
+            if rc != 0:
-    # deal with password expire min
+                module.fail_json(name=user.name, msg=err, rc=rc)
-    if user.password_expire_min:
+            else:
-        if user.user_exists():
+                result['changed'] = True
-            user.set_password_expire_min()
 
     module.exit_json(**result)
 

test/integration/targets/user/tasks/main.yml

@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@
   meta: end_host
   when: ansible_distribution == 'Alpine'
 
+- name: ensure output directory exists
+  file:
+    dest: "{{ output_dir }}"
+    state: directory
+
 - import_tasks: test_create_user.yml
 - import_tasks: test_create_system_user.yml
 - import_tasks: test_create_user_uid.yml

test/integration/targets/user/tasks/test_expires_min_max.yml

@@ -53,3 +53,21 @@
         that:
           - ansible_facts.getent_shadow['ansibulluser'][2] == '5'
           - ansible_facts.getent_shadow['ansibulluser'][3] == '10'
+
+    - name: Set min and max at the same time
+      user:
+        name: ansibulluser
+        # also checks that assigning 0 works
+        password_expire_min: 0
+        password_expire_max: 0
+
+    - name: Get shadow data for ansibulluser
+      getent:
+        database: shadow
+        key: ansibulluser
+
+    - name: Ensure password expiration was set properly
+      assert:
+        that:
+          - ansible_facts.getent_shadow['ansibulluser'][2] == '0'
+          - ansible_facts.getent_shadow['ansibulluser'][3] == '0'