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1 perry 1 VIPW
2 !!!VIPW
3 NAME
4 SYNOPSIS
5 DESCRIPTION
6 SEE ALSO
7 ----
8 !!NAME
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11 vipw, vigr - edit the password, group, shadow-password, or shadow-group file.
12 !!SYNOPSIS
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15 __vipw__ [[-s]__
16 vigr__ [[-s]
17 !!DESCRIPTION
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20 __vipw__ and __vigr__ will edit the files
21 ''/etc/passwd'' and ''/etc/group'', respectively. With
22 the __-s__ flag, they will edit the shadow versions of
23 those files, ''/etc/shadow'' and ''/etc/gshadow'',
24 respectively. The programs will set the appropriate locks to
25 prevent file corruption.
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28 When looking for an editor, the programs will first try the
29 environment variable __VISUAL__, then the environment
30 variable __EDITOR__, and finally the default editor,
31 __vi__.
32 !!SEE ALSO
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35 passwd(5), group(5),
36 shadow(5)
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