Would this have helped?
I got bit by this last month...
NOTE 59: If this patch is to be used to patch the Miniroot of a Net
Install Image, then special handling is required. Please
follow the directions outlined below to successfully install
this patch onto the Miniroot.
Before You Begin the Miniroot Installation
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This patch contains files that are to be installed under the
"var" directory in the Miniroot. Since "var" is a symbolic link
under the Miniroot, the following patchadd environment variable
needs to be set to "true" in order to avoid clobbering the "var"
symbolic link:
# PKG_NONABI_SYMLINKS="true"
# export PKG_NONABI_SYMLINKS
Performing the Miniroot Installation
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When patching the Miniroot, the Miniroot needs to be patched
on the Net Install server and on all Boot servers that have
already been created from the Net Install server.
Please also note that a patched Net Install server will
create patched Boot servers. In other words, if you patch
a Net Install server, and subsequently make a Boot server
from it by using the 'setup_install_server' command, the
newly-created Boot server will incorporate the patch applied
to the Net Install server.
Use 'patchadd -C' for this patch, rather than the generic
invocation.
Example:
# patchadd -C <path_to_miniroot> <patchid>
Remove the Miniroot patch using something similar to:
# patchrm -C <path_to_miniroot> <patchid>
where path_to_miniroot is
<top_of_image_tree>/Solaris_<9,10,...>/Tools/Boot
Mike Gerdts wrote:
> On 8/10/07, Ethan Quach <Ethan.Quach at sun.com> wrote:
>
>> Did you run patchadd with -C
>>
>
> I cannot say for sure. Frankly, I've had a need to patch the miniroot
> so infrequently there is a good likelihood that I missed it.
>
> In any case, the problem I had is quite unlikely to be related to that
> of the OP. He should definitely restrict root access. :)
>
> Mike
>
>
