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> Commendable indeed. On the other hand=2C a discussion with the team > concludes such effort is probably not worthwhile for two reasons: > > 1) pkg(5) user action reduces this SMF service to very little value > since OpenSolaris has no such need. > > 2) For pre-OpenSolaris=2C we get little benefit for this work. Immediate > user creation for pkgadd to a running root is the same as pre/post > install scripts. For user creation on -R $PKG_INSTALL_ROOT=2C we'll need > to boot using that root to import the service which is the same as > pkgadd and run pre/post install scripts on a live root. > > That said=2C if you are still interested=2C we can pursue this further wi= th > discussion of dependency for other services=2C service states implication= s > =2C and property organization. I will defer to Your team's consensus=2C since I already wrote the code to manipulate the passwd(4) and shadow(4) files on $PKG_INSTALL_ROOT directly. =20 _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live: Friends get your Flickr=2C Yelp=2C and Digg updates when they= e-mail you. http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/see-it-in-action/so= cial-network-basics.aspx?ocid=3DPID23461::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-xm:SI_SB_3:092= 010=