Live Upgrade Does Not Update /etc/group File on Boot Environment When Installing Solaris Flash Archive (4683186)

If you use Solaris Live Upgrade to install a Solaris Flash archive on a boot environment, the /etc/group file is not correct. The archive contains the /etc/group file that was archived and does not reflect the /etc/group file from the currently running boot environment. The /etc/group file on the boot environment must be identical to the file on the currently running system.

Workaround: After you install a Solaris Flash archive on a boot environment, you must copy the /etc/group file from the currently running system to the new boot environment. Follow these steps.

1. Become superuser.

2. Mount the boot environment that you want to patch

   # lumount boot-envir-name mount-point

   In the previous command, boot-envir-name is the name of the boot environment whose file systems you want to mount. mount-point is the mount point of the file system.

3. Copy the /etc/group file from the currently running system to the new boot environment.

   # cp /etc/group mount-point/etc/group

4. Unmount the new boot environment.

   # luumount boot-envir-name