> Used as I am to Sys V unix, I am at a loss as to where
> netBSD stores the user passwds. There is no shadow file
> or similar.

'man passwd' ... master.passwd is the nearest equivalent to shadow.

SEE ALSO
     chpass(1),  login(1),  passwd(5),  pwd_mkdb(8),  vipw(8)

'vipw' is the recommended editor front-end, since a fast-lookup database
is regenerated (pwd_mkdb) after you edit the plain file.

Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ best.com