VIPW

Section: System Management Commands (8)
Updated: 03/29/2021
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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.

-R, --root CHROOT_DIR

: Apply changes in the CHROOT_DIR directory and use the configuration files from the CHROOT_DIR directory.

-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.