VIPW(8)
NAME
vipw, vigr - edit the password, group, shadow-password or shadow-group
file
SYNOPSIS
vipw [options] vigr [options]
DESCRIPTION
The vipw and vigr commands edits the files /etc/passwd and /etc/group,
respectively. With the -s flag, they will edit the shadow versions of
those files, /etc/shadow and /etc/gshadow, 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
$VISUAL, then the environment variable $EDITOR, and finally the default
editor, vi(1).
OPTIONS
The options which apply to the vipw and vigr commands are:
- -g, --group
- Edit group database.
- -h, --help
- Display help message and exit.
- -p, --passwd
- Edit passwd database.
- -q, --quiet
- Quiet mode.
- -s, --shadow
- Edit shadow or gshadow database.
ENVIRONMENT
- VISUAL
- Editor to be used.
- EDITOR
- Editor to be used if VISUAL is not set.
FILES
- /etc/group
- Group account information.
- /etc/gshadow
- Secure group account information.
- /etc/passwd
- User account information.
- /etc/shadow
- Secure user account information.
SEE ALSO
- vi(1), group(5), gshadow(5) , passwd(5), , shadow(5).