shadow/man/vipw.8

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