30 lines
768 B
Groff
30 lines
768 B
Groff
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.\" $Id: vipw.8,v 1.2 1997/12/14 20:07:22 marekm Exp $
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.TH VIPW 8 "26 Sep 1997"
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.SH NAME
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vipw, vigr \- edit the password, group, shadow-password, or shadow-group file.
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.BR vipw " [-s]"
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.br
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.BR vigr " [-s]"
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.BR vipw " and " vigr
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will edit the files
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.IR /etc/passwd " and " /etc/group ", respectively."
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With the
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.B -s
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flag, they will edit the shadow versions of those files,
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.IR /etc/shadow " and " /etc/gshadow ", respectively.
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The programs will set the appropriate locks to prevent file corruption.
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When looking for an editor, the programs will first try the
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environment variable
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.BR VISUAL ,
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then the environment variable
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.BR EDITOR ,
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and finally the default editor,
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.BR vi .
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR passwd (5),
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.BR group (5),
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.BR shadow (5)
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