diff -u -r ../mc-4.8.11/lib/widget/input_complete.c ./lib/widget/input_complete.c
--- ../mc-4.8.11/lib/widget/input_complete.c	2013-11-29 19:27:07.000000000 +0100
+++ ./lib/widget/input_complete.c	2014-02-07 02:18:17.000000000 +0100
@@ -320,9 +320,12 @@
         text++;
     if (state == 0)
     {                           /* Initialization stuff */
+#ifndef __ANDROID__
         setpwent ();
+#endif
         userlen = strlen (text + 1);
     }
+#ifndef __ANDROID__
     while ((entry = getpwent ()) != NULL)
     {
         /* Null usernames should result in all users as possible completions. */
@@ -331,6 +334,7 @@
         if (text[1] == entry->pw_name[0] && !strncmp (text + 1, entry->pw_name, userlen))
             break;
     }
+#endif
 
     if (entry != NULL)
         return g_strconcat ("~", entry->pw_name, PATH_SEP_STR, (char *) NULL);
diff -u -r ../mc-4.8.11/src/filemanager/achown.c ./src/filemanager/achown.c
--- ../mc-4.8.11/src/filemanager/achown.c	2013-11-29 19:27:07.000000000 +0100
+++ ./src/filemanager/achown.c	2014-02-07 02:17:29.000000000 +0100
@@ -346,19 +346,23 @@
         if (is_owner)
         {
             /* get and put user names in the listbox */
+#ifndef __ANDROID__
             setpwent ();
             while ((chl_pass = getpwent ()) != NULL)
                 listbox_add_item (chl_list, LISTBOX_APPEND_SORTED, 0, chl_pass->pw_name, NULL);
             endpwent ();
+#endif
             fe = listbox_search_text (chl_list, get_owner (sf_stat->st_uid));
         }
         else
         {
             /* get and put group names in the listbox */
+#ifndef __ANDROID__
             setgrent ();
             while ((chl_grp = getgrent ()) != NULL)
                 listbox_add_item (chl_list, LISTBOX_APPEND_SORTED, 0, chl_grp->gr_name, NULL);
             endgrent ();
+#endif
             fe = listbox_search_text (chl_list, get_group (sf_stat->st_gid));
         }
 
diff -u -r ../mc-4.8.11/src/filemanager/chown.c ./src/filemanager/chown.c
--- ../mc-4.8.11/src/filemanager/chown.c	2013-11-29 19:27:07.000000000 +0100
+++ ./src/filemanager/chown.c	2014-02-07 02:17:11.000000000 +0100
@@ -221,10 +221,12 @@
     /* add field for unknown names (numbers) */
     listbox_add_item (l_user, LISTBOX_APPEND_AT_END, 0, _("<Unknown user>"), NULL);
     /* 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);
     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);
@@ -232,10 +234,12 @@
     /* add field for unknown names (numbers) */
     listbox_add_item (l_group, LISTBOX_APPEND_AT_END, 0, _("<Unknown group>"), NULL);
     /* 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);
     endgrent ();
+#endif
 
     add_widget (ch_dlg, groupbox_new (2, 5 + GW * 2, GH, GW, _("File")));
     /* add widgets for the file information */