--On Wednesday, January 28, 2009 08:43:56 AM -0800 Glenn Faden <Glenn.Faden at Sun.COM> wrote:
>> The only things that get these unsafe copy operations are COPIES. If >> the global zone's passwd file is still good, then you can still log into >> TJDS or TCDE and you can still log into the global zone via the console >> (if enabled) -- so you can still get in to fix things. In addition, >> if the copy is set to run once every minute or two, any one bad copy >> will only last a minute or two, if the decision to copy is based >> upon diffs rather than on "-newer" logic. >> > I don't understand the advantage of diff vs. -newer. The latter is > simpler so why not use it? My suggested workaround also deals with the > case where the copy doesn't exist yet. If you're doing the unsafe copy, you need a diff because the unsafe copy might fail in a way that leaves the copy corrupted but with a newer timestamp than the global version. I don't think I've seen your suggested workaround, unless you were the author of the one in the bug report. At least, I don't see any previous messages from you in this thread. -- Jeff
