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vipw - Unix, Linux Command
NAME
vipw, vigr
- edit the password or group files
SYNOPSIS
vipw
[-V]
[--version]
vigr
[-V]
[--version]
DESCRIPTION
Vipw
edits the password file after setting the appropriate locks,
and does any necessary processing after the password file is unlocked.
If the password file is already locked for editing by another user,
vipw
will ask you
to try again later. The default editor for
vipw
is
vi(1).
Vigr
edits the group file in the same manner as vipw.
ENVIRONMENT
If the following environment variable exists it will be utilized by
vipw:
Tag | Description |
EDITOR
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The editor specified by the string
EDITOR
will be invoked instead of the default editor
vi(1).
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SEE ALSO
vi(1),
passwd(5)
HISTORY
The
vipw
command appeared in
BSD 4.0 .
The
vigr
command appeared in Util-Linux 2.6.
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