VIPW(8)                                            System Management Commands                                            VIPW(8)



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

SYNOPSIS
       vipw [options]

       vigr [options]

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
           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.

FILES
       /etc/group
           Group account information.

       /etc/gshadow
           Secure group account information.

       /etc/passwd
           User account information.

       /etc/shadow
           Secure user account information.

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



System Management Commands                                 07/24/2009                                                    VIPW(8)