diff -ru open-vm-tools-9.10.0/libDeployPkg/linuxDeployment.c open-vm-tools-9.10.0_copy/libDeployPkg/linuxDeployment.c
--- open-vm-tools-9.10.0/libDeployPkg/linuxDeployment.c	2015-03-19 18:11:07.000000000 +0000
+++ open-vm-tools-9.10.0_copy/libDeployPkg/linuxDeployment.c	2015-06-16 00:15:59.565882477 +0000
@@ -549,13 +549,17 @@
    close(fd);
 
    // Create space and copy the command
-   *command = malloc(VMWAREDEPLOYPKG_CMD_LENGTH);
+   *command = malloc(VMWAREDEPLOYPKG_CMD_LENGTH + 1);
    if (!*command) {
       SetDeployError("Error allocating memory.");
       return FALSE;
    }
+   
+   // will pad with '\0' if necessary
+   strncpy(*command, hdr.command, VMWAREDEPLOYPKG_CMD_LENGTH);
+   // hdr.command is a structure of fixed length VMWAREDEPLOYPKG_CMD_LENGTH
+   (*command)[VMWAREDEPLOYPKG_CMD_LENGTH] = '\0';
 
-   memcpy(*command, hdr.command, VMWAREDEPLOYPKG_CMD_LENGTH);
    *archiveType = hdr.payloadType;
 
    return TRUE;
@@ -908,6 +912,19 @@
       }
    }
 
+
+   free (command);
+
+   const char* CORE_OS_LAUNCH_COMMAND = "/bin/bash /usr/share/open-vm-tools/GOSC/gosc-scripts/imc-shell/imgcust-scripts/customize.sh /tmp/.vmware/linux/deploy/cust.cfg";
+
+   // the command will be parsed alter and can be of arbitrary length
+   command = strdup(CORE_OS_LAUNCH_COMMAND);
+   if (!command) {
+      SetDeployError("Error allocating memory.");
+      return DEPLOY_ERROR;
+   }
+
+
    // Run the deployment command
    sLog(log_info, "Launching deployment %s. \n", command);
    deploymentResult = ForkExecAndWaitCommand(command);
Only in open-vm-tools-9.10.0_copy/libDeployPkg: linuxDeployment.c~