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1. NAME▲
vipw, vigr - edit the password, group, shadow-password or shadow-group file
2. SYNOPSIS ▲
vipw [options] vigr [options]
3. 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).
4. OPTIONS ▲
The options which apply to the vipw and vigr commands are:
-g, --group
Edit group database.
-h, --help
Display help message and exit.
-p, --passwd
Edit passwd database.
-q, --quiet
Quiet mode.
-s, --shadow
Edit shadow or gshadow database.
5. ENVIRONMENT ▲
VISUAL
Editor to be used.
EDITOR
Editor to be used if VISUAL is not set.
6. FILES ▲
/etc/group
Group account information.
/etc/gshadow
Secure group account information.
/etc/passwd
User account information.
/etc/shadow
Secure user account information.
