shadow/man/vipw.8

.\"$Id: vipw.8,v 1.10 2005/04/27 08:29:36 kloczek Exp $
.TH VIPW 8 "26 Sep 1997"
.SH NAME
vipw, vigr \- edit the password, group, shadow\-password, or shadow\-group file.
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBvipw\fR [\fB\-s\fR]
.br
\fBvigr\fR [\fB\-s\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBvipw\fR and \fBvigr\fR will edit the files \fI/etc/passwd\fR and
\fI/etc/group\fR, respectively. With the \fB\-s\fR flag, they will edit the
shadow versions of those files, \fI/etc/shadow\fR and \fI/etc/gshadow\fR,
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 \fB$VISUAL\fR, then the environment variable
\fB$EDITOR\fR, and finally the default editor, \fBvi\fR(1).
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR group (5),
.BR passwd (5),
.BR shadow (5)