diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c236d32..ddf69b8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ BRIEF = Shadow password utilities
 DESC = This package includes the programs necessary to convert traditional \
 V7 UNIX password files to the SVR4 shadow password format and additional \
 tools to work with shadow passwords.
-SNAPVER = 8
+SNAPVER = 9
 
 ARCHIVE := $(PWD)/SRC/$(shell ls SRC|egrep '(bz2|gz|tar|xz)$$'|tail -1)
 TYPE := $(shell file -ib $(ARCHIVE)|cut -d';' -f1|tr -d '\n')
diff --git a/SNAP/usher b/SNAP/usher
index 71f1909..740dc9b 100755
--- a/SNAP/usher
+++ b/SNAP/usher
@@ -7,6 +7,21 @@ case $1 in
     exit 0
     ;;
   postinst)
+    if [ ! -f ${TARGET}/etc/login.defs ]; then
+      cp ${TARGET}/usr/share/shadow/login.defs ${TARGET}/etc/login.defs
+    fi
+    if [ ! -f ${TARGET}/etc/login.access ]; then
+      cp ${TARGET}/usr/share/shadow/login.access \
+        ${TARGET}/etc/login.access
+    fi
+    if [ ! -f ${TARGET}/etc/limits ]; then
+      cp ${TARGET}/usr/share/shadow/limits ${TARGET}/etc/limits
+    fi
+    if [ ! -f ${TARGET}/etc/default/useradd ]; then
+      cp ${TARGET}/usr/share/shadow/useradd.default \
+        ${TARGET}/etc/default/useradd
+    fi
+
     if [[ ${TARGET} ]]; then
       if [ ! -f ${TARGET}/etc/shadow ]; then
         echo "Converting /etc/passwd to shadow for ${TARGET}"
@@ -28,21 +43,6 @@ case $1 in
         grpconv
       fi
     fi
-
-    if [ ! -f ${TARGET}/etc/login.defs ]; then
-      cp ${TARGET}/usr/share/shadow/login.defs ${TARGET}/etc/default/login.defs
-    fi
-    if [ ! -f ${TARGET}/etc/login.access ]; then
-      cp ${TARGET}/usr/share/shadow/login.access \
-        ${TARGET}/etc/default/login.access
-    fi
-    if [ ! -f ${TARGET}/etc/limits ]; then
-      cp ${TARGET}/usr/share/shadow/limits ${TARGET}/etc/limits
-    fi
-    if [ ! -f ${TARGET}/etc/default/useradd ]; then
-      cp ${TARGET}/usr/share/shadow/useradd.default \
-        ${TARGET}/etc/default/useradd
-    fi
     ;;
   prerm)
     exit 0