NAME¶

vipw, vigr - edit the password, group, shadow-password or shadow-group file

SYNOPSIS¶

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 -h, --help -p, --passwd -q, --quiet -R, --root CHROOT_DIR -s, --shadow

ENVIRONMENT¶

VISUAL EDITOR

FILES¶

/etc/group /etc/gshadow /etc/passwd /etc/shadow

SEE ALSO¶

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