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NAME

6       vipw, vigr - edit the password, group, shadow-password or shadow-group
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SYNOPSIS

10       vipw [options]
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DESCRIPTION

15       The vipw and vigr commands edits the files /etc/passwd and /etc/group,
16       respectively. With the -s flag, they will edit the shadow versions of
17       those files, /etc/shadow and /etc/gshadow, respectively. The programs
18       will set the appropriate locks to prevent file corruption. When looking
19       for an editor, the programs will first try the environment variable
20       $VISUAL, then the environment variable $EDITOR, and finally the default
21       editor, vi(1).
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OPTIONS

24       The options which apply to the vipw and vigr commands are:
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26       -g, --group
27           Edit group database.
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29       -h, --help
30           Display help message and exit.
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32       -p, --passwd
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FILES

42       /etc/group
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45       /etc/gshadow
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48       /etc/passwd
49           User account information.
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52           Secure user account information.
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SEE ALSO

55       vi(1), group(5), gshadow(5) passwd(5), shadow(5).
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