Does Autoconfig modify init.ora ?

Autoconfig or adconfig does not modify the database initialization parameters. Metalink Note 377398.1 says:

QUESTION 2: Is Autoconfig modifying init.ora?
ANSWER 2: No. Autoconfig is not modifying the init.ora file. Autoconfig will generate a new init.ora just in the case it is not finding the init.ora in the expected location. So all the changes in init.ora shoud be made by the DBA.