1VIPW(8)                   System Management Commands                   VIPW(8)
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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
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38       -R, --root CHROOT_DIR
39           Apply changes in the CHROOT_DIR directory and use the configuration
40           files from the CHROOT_DIR directory. Only absolute paths are
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ENVIRONMENT

47       VISUAL
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FILES

54       /etc/group
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57       /etc/gshadow
58           Secure group account information.
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60       /etc/passwd
61           User account information.
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64           Secure user account information.
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SEE ALSO

67       vi(1), group(5), gshadow(5) , passwd(5), , shadow(5).
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71shadow-utils 4.12.3               11/29/2022                           VIPW(8)