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 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
    Edit group database.

-h, --help
    Display help message and exit.

-p, --passwd
    Edit passwd database.

-q, --quiet
    Quiet mode.

-R, --root CHROOT_DIR
    Apply changes in the CHROOT_DIR directory and use the configuration files from the CHROOT_DIR directory. Only absolute paths are supported.

-s, --shadow
    Edit shadow or gshadow database.

ENVIRONMENT

VISUAL
    Editor to be used.

EDITOR
    Editor to be used if VISUAL is not set.

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).