check the gecos format early: at the moment the -c option is parsed

3 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/pw/pw.c b/pw/pw.c
index 112b1f0..3d4fcf2 100644
--- a/pw/pw.c
+++ b/pw/pw.c
@@ -254,6 +254,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		case 'a':
 			conf.all = true;
 			break;
+		case 'c':
+			conf.gecos = pw_checkname(optarg, 1);
+			break;
 		case 'g':
 			if (which == 0) { /* for user* */
 				addarg(&arglist, 'g', optarg);
diff --git a/pw/pw_user.c b/pw/pw_user.c
index 7e8534e..9e16793 100644
--- a/pw/pw_user.c
+++ b/pw/pw_user.c
@@ -650,10 +650,9 @@ pw_user(int mode, char *name, long id, struct cargs * args)
 	/*
 	 * Shared add/edit code
 	 */
-	if ((arg = getarg(args, 'c')) != NULL) {
-		char	*gecos = pw_checkname(arg->val, 1);
-		if (strcmp(pwd->pw_gecos, gecos) != 0) {
-			pwd->pw_gecos = gecos;
+	if (conf.gecos != NULL) {
+		if (strcmp(pwd->pw_gecos, conf.gecos) != 0) {
+			pwd->pw_gecos = conf.gecos;
 			edited = 1;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pw/pwupd.h b/pw/pwupd.h
index 669cbb1..7a0cd2d 100644
--- a/pw/pwupd.h
+++ b/pw/pwupd.h
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ struct pwconf {
 	char		 etcpath[MAXPATHLEN];
 	char		*newname;
 	char		*config;
+	char		*gecos;
 	int		 fd;
 	int		 which;
 	bool		 quiet;