> 
> Darren, thanks a lot!!!!
> 
> able to install the patch using the second method, adding an install 
> account install:x:0:1:installpatch braindamage:/:/bin/true
> 
> of course, for security reasons, the account was deleted after the patch 
> was installed.
> not very comfortable with the idea of leaving an account with uid=0 even 
> though it is a locked account.
> I think Sun has to do something to fix this. Creating an account with 
> uid=0 and leave it on the system is kind of risky. The auditors of my 
> company will not buy it.

I've never had to use that method.  Normally it's more of a problem with
the directory that the patch is in (especially if NFS is involved).

So extracting the patch into /tmp and applying from there has always
been sufficient for me.

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Darren Dunham                                           [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Senior Technical Consultant         TAOS            http://www.taos.com/
Got some Dr Pepper?                           San Francisco, CA bay area
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