>What happens if you just run "pwd_mkdb -c /etc/master.passwd" as root? >What about just "pwd_mkdb"? It looks like the error you're seeing in the >log ("bsdauth(vlado): unknown user...") comes down to a failure in >getpwent_r(), and would be causing problems before the user's login >class is relevant.
# pwd_mkdb usage: pwd_mkdb [-c] [-p | -s] [-d directory] [-u username] file # pwd_mkdb -c /etc/master.passwd # It seems that everything is OK, isn't it?.