[OpenIndiana-discuss] Boot environments blow away config settings on reboot

[Jason J. W. Williams]

By limiting which packages I install and adding the "--deny-new-be"
flag to the "pkg install" runs I seem to have prevented new boot
environments from being created. However, files like
/etc/nsswitch.conf seem to revert to their original installed version
after I reboot. Very confused by that given the lack of a new BE.

-J

On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 1:19 PM, Jason J. W. Williams
<jasonjwwilliams at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> I'm having an issue where if I do the following steps, the result of
> step 2 disappears after a reboot:
>
> 1.) pkg install <package_1>
> 2.) Install LDAP config files into /var/ldap
> 3.) pkg install <package_2>
>
> The issue appears to be that two new boot environments are created in
> steps 1 and 2. After doing steps 1-3 everything looks fine, then
> reboot, the last boot environment becomes active and the files in
> /var/ldap disappear. What we're doing is configuring a server using
> Chef. Any pointers would be very appreciated.
>
> -J
>