NAME¶

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

SYNOPSIS¶

vipw [options]

vigr [options]

DESCRIPTION¶

The vipw and vigr commands edit 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).