Warren Togami ([email protected]) said: 
> [war...@newcaprica dracut]$ grep -r \/etc\/passwd *
> modules.d/95nfs/install:dracut_install /etc/netconfig /etc/passwd  
> /etc/services
> modules.d/95nfs/install:#echo  
> "rpc:x:32:32:Rpcbind:/var/lib/rpcbind:/bin/false" >> 
> "$initdir/etc/passwd"
> modules.d/90mdraid/install:inst /etc/passwd
>
> It seems that we want an /etc/passwd for certain things in the initrd  
> image, but is it really necessary for it to copy whatever users are on  
> the generating system into the image?

If daemons we want/need to start want to drop privleges... yes.

Bill
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