shadow/man/vipw.8

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.TH "VIPW" 8 "26 Sep 1997" "" ""
.SH NAME
vipw, vigr \- edit the password, group, shadow-password, or shadow-group file.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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.HP 5
\fBvipw\fR [\-s]
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.HP 5
\fBvigr\fR [\-s]
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"

.PP
\fBvipw\fR and \fBvigr\fR will edit the files \fI/etc/passwd\fR and \fI/etc/group\fR, respectively\&. With the \fB\-s\fR flag, they will edit the shadow versions of those files, \fI/etc/shadow\fR and \fI/etc/gshadow\fR, 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 \fB$VISUAL\fR, then the environment variable \fI$EDITOR\fR, and finally the default editor, \fBvi\fR(1)\&.

.SH "SEE ALSO"

.PP
\fBgroup\fR(5), \fBpasswd\fR(5), \fBshadow\fR(5)