OP can get a small further reduction in image size; by copying /bin/echo and removing them in a later layer, they still affect the final image size. OP can buil

OP can get a small further reduction in image size; by copying /bin/echo and removing them in a later layer, they still affect the final image size. OP can build the /etc/passwd and other user files in a separate builder image and then COPY --from into the distroless image.