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vipw
Section: Maintenance Commands (8)
Updated: October 2003
Index NAME
vipw,vigr - edit the password, group or shadow file
SYNOPSIS
vipw [
-g|
-p|
-s]
vigr [
-g|
-p|
-s]
DESCRIPTION
vipw/
vigr edits the
passwd,
group or
shadow file after setting the appropriate locks to preventfile corruption.
vipw edits per default the
/etc/passwdfile,
vigr the
/etc/group file.Extended attributes (like ACLs or security attributes) are preserved.
ENVIRONMENT
- EDITOR
- If the environment variable exists, the editor specifiedby this variable is used instead of the defaultvi(1).
OPTIONS
- -g, --group
- Edit /etc/group.
- -p, --passwd
- Edit /etc/passwd.
- -s, --shadow
- Edit /etc/shadow.
- -u, --usage
- Print a usage message and exit.
- --help
- Print a more verbose help text and exit.
- Print version information and exit.
FILES
/etc/group - group account information
/etc/passwd - user account information
/etc/shadow - shadow account information
SEE ALSO
attr(5),
passwd(1),
passwd(5),
shadow(5),
vi(1)
AUTHOR
Thorsten Kukuk <kukukAATTsuse.de>
Index
- NAME
- SYNOPSIS
- DESCRIPTION
- ENVIRONMENT
- OPTIONS
- FILES
- SEE ALSO
- AUTHOR
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