login-utils/vipw.8

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  34 .TH VIPW "8" "September 2011" "util-linux" "System Administration"
  35 .SH NAME
  36 vipw, vigr \- edit the password or group file
  37 .SH SYNOPSIS
  38 .B vipw
  39 [options]
  40 .br
  41 .B vigr
  42 [options]
  43 .SH DESCRIPTION
  44 .B vipw
  45 edits the password file after setting the appropriate locks,
  46 and does any necessary processing after the password file is unlocked.
  47 If the password file is already locked for editing by another user,
  48 .B vipw
  49 will ask you
  50 to try again later.  The default editor for
  51 .B vipw
  52 and
  53 .B vigr
  54 is
  55 .BR vi (1).
  56 .B vigr
  57 edits the group file in the same manner as
  58 .B vipw
  59 does the passwd file.
  60 .SH ENVIRONMENT
  61 If the following environment variable exists, it will be utilized by
  62 .B vipw
  63 and
  64 .BR vigr :
  65 .I
  66 .TP
  67 .B EDITOR
  68 The editor specified by the string
  69 .B EDITOR
  70 will be invoked instead of the default editor
  71 .BR vi (1).
  72 .SH SEE ALSO
  73 .BR vi (1),
  74 .BR passwd (1),
  75 .BR flock (2),
  76 .BR passwd (5)
  77 .SH HISTORY
  78 The
  79 .B vipw
  80 command appeared in 4.0BSD.
  81 .br
  82 The
  83 .B vigr
  84 command appeared in Util-Linux 2.6.
  85 .SH AVAILABILITY
  86 The vigr and vipw commands are part of the util-linux package and are available from
  87 .UR https://\:www.kernel.org\:/pub\:/linux\:/utils\:/util-linux/
  88 Linux Kernel Archive
  89 .UE .