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> Mar  3 13:39:40 trinity syslog: /etc/pwd.db: Invalid argument
> Mar  3 13:39:41 trinity last message repeated 8 times
> Mar  3 13:43:01 trinity syslog: /etc/pwd.db: Invalid argument
> Mar  3 13:43:01 trinity syslog: /etc/pwd.db: Invalid argument
> 
> uname -a
> FreeBSD trinity.radio-do.de 2.2-961014-SNAP FreeBSD 2.2-961014-SNAP #0: Mon Feb 

I've seen this also. Do you have any chroot'ed daemons running? I suspect
it is due to a daemon looking for an /etc/pwd.db in a chroot'ed environment
and not finding it.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no