> If you can log in using your UID, try changing YOUR password. I bet one
> of two things will happen: /etc/passwd will be changed (to show your
> new password) and the .db re-built to include both your and root's new
> password (yea!), or /etc/passwd will be changed to match what's in the
> .db files.
> 
> Another option is to use the installer to create a /vin directory, and put
> a copy of tcsh in there.

There's still one more option: boot in single user mode, mount -u /,
mount /usr if you have a separate usr fs, and edit the /etc/passwd
by vipw.  I'm pretty sure it works.

ken