.\"$Id: vipw.8,v 1.6 2003/05/01 18:17:39 kloczek Exp $
.TH VIPW 8 "26 Sep 1997"
.SH NAME
vipw, vigr \- edit the password, group, shadow-password, or shadow-group file.
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBvipw\fR [\fB-s\fR]
.br
\fBvigr\fR [\fB-s\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
\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 \fBVISUAL\fR, then the environment variable
\fBEDITOR\fR, and finally the default editor,
.BR vi .
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR group (5),
.BR passwd (5),
.BR shadow (5)