VIPW
Section: Maintenance Commands (8)
Updated: 26 Sep 1997
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NAME
vipw, vigr - edit the password, group, shadow-password, or shadow-group file.
SYNOPSIS
vipw [-s]
vigr [-s]
DESCRIPTION
vipw and vigr will edit the files /etc/passwd and
/etc/group, respectively. With the -s flag, they will edit the
shadow versions of those files, fI/etc/shadow and /etc/gshadow,
respectively. The programs will set the appropriate locks to prevent file
corruption. When looking for an editor, the programs will first try the
environment variable VISUAL, then the environment variable
EDITOR, and finally the default editor,
vi.
SEE ALSO
group(5),
passwd(5),
shadow(5)
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