Casper.Dik at Sun.COM wrote: >> In the case of shadow, it's because sysidtool updates it with the root >> password setting. passwd is probably also updated as a byproduct of the >> underlying implementation, even though it doesn't actually change. > > Why is that updated *in* the miniroot? That just doesn't make any sense. >
Because we run sysidtool before we run the install, and sysidtool is run the same way whether it's on a preinstalled system or on the miniroot. Dave
