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# 8  
Old 04-20-2010
Your password file might be corrupted elsewhere.
Run "pwconv" as root and see if it complains.
# 9  
Old 04-20-2010
Also have a look at your /etc/pam.conf, has it been changed recently???
# 10  
Old 04-20-2010
I ran the pwconv command and it complained about a blank line prior to the user account in question. Upon looking at the passwd file, on line 25, there was a ":" missing between the two fields. I fix the problem and everything is working as expected.

Thanks for the help!
# 11  
Old 04-21-2010
For completeness. If you are experienced enought to manually edit a passwd file, backup passwd, shadow and group first.
Use "vipw" not just "vi" and then run "pwconv", "pwck" and "grpck" to maintain and check the integrity of the files.
# 12  
Old 04-21-2010
And for even more completeness, be aware that the useful vipw command:
- is located in the /usr/ucb directory so might not be in your PATH
- is not part of core solaris, i.e. is optional so might not be present in your installation
- might disappear in future releases as this SunOS/BSD Compatibility Package was supposed to be transitional only.

Vipw is however still maintained as a recent fix corrected its reluctance to have root's home directory not being /.
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