diff -u -r ../mc-4.8.15/src/filemanager/chown.c ./src/filemanager/chown.c
--- ../mc-4.8.15/src/filemanager/chown.c	2015-11-06 04:11:09.000000000 -0500
+++ ./src/filemanager/chown.c	2015-11-20 18:01:45.372666628 -0500
@@ -220,10 +220,12 @@
     /* add field for unknown names (numbers) */
     listbox_add_item (l_user, LISTBOX_APPEND_AT_END, 0, _("<Unknown user>"), NULL, FALSE);
     /* get and put user names in the listbox */
+#ifndef __ANDROID__
     setpwent ();
     while ((l_pass = getpwent ()) != NULL)
         listbox_add_item (l_user, LISTBOX_APPEND_SORTED, 0, l_pass->pw_name, NULL, FALSE);
     endpwent ();
+#endif
 
     add_widget (ch_dlg, groupbox_new (2, 4 + GW, GH, GW, _("Group name")));
     l_group = listbox_new (3, 5 + GW, GH - 2, GW - 2, FALSE, NULL);
@@ -231,10 +233,12 @@
     /* add field for unknown names (numbers) */
     listbox_add_item (l_group, LISTBOX_APPEND_AT_END, 0, _("<Unknown group>"), NULL, FALSE);
     /* get and put group names in the listbox */
+#ifndef __ANDROID__
     setgrent ();
     while ((l_grp = getgrent ()) != NULL)
         listbox_add_item (l_group, LISTBOX_APPEND_SORTED, 0, l_grp->gr_name, NULL, FALSE);
     endgrent ();
+#endif
 
     add_widget (ch_dlg, groupbox_new (2, 5 + GW * 2, GH, GW, _("File")));
     /* add widgets for the file information */