chage interactive mode: probe an empty field shown as [-1]

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
62/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
linux, rust
Domain
cli

Research direction

Start with chage LOGIN interactive mode and reproduce the prompt for an empty field displayed as [-1]. Compare its behavior with Ubuntu 26.04 passwd 1:4.17.4-2ubuntu3; the work is done when shadow-rs matches that prompt.

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Description

chage LOGIN interactive mode has not been compared with upstream for the prompt of an empty field shown as [-1]. Probe it and match.

Reference: Ubuntu 26.04 passwd 1:4.17.4-2ubuntu3. shadow-rs: main at 92ac29b.

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