NAME¶

cppw, cpgr - copy with locking the given file to the password or group file

SYNOPSIS¶

cppw [-h] [-s] password_file
cpgr [-h] [-s] group_file

DESCRIPTION¶

cppw and cpgr will copy, with locking, the given file to /etc/passwd and /etc/group, respectively. With the -s flag, they will copy the shadow versions of those files, /etc/shadow and /etc/gshadow, respectively.

With the -h flag, the commands display a short help message and exit silently.

SEE ALSO¶

vipw(8), vigr(8), group(5), passwd(5), shadow(5), gshadow(5)

AUTHOR¶

cppw and cpgr were written by Stephen Frost, based on vipw and vigr written by Guy Maor.