70 lines
2.7 KiB
Groff
70 lines
2.7 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991 The Regents of the University of California.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
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.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
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.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
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.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
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.\" without specific prior written permission.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
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.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
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.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
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.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
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.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" from: @(#)vipw.8 6.7 (Berkeley) 3/16/91
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.\" $Id: vipw.8,v 1.1 1997/12/07 23:27:13 marekm Exp $
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.\"
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.Dd March 13, 1997
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.Dt VIPW 8
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.Os BSD 4
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm vipw, vigr
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.Nd edit the password, group, shadow, or sgroup file
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm vipw [-s]
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.Nm vigr [-s]
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm Vipw
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and
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.Nm vigr
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edit the password and group files, respectively, after setting the
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appropriate locks. With the -s option, they will edit the shadow and
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sgroup files. They do any necessary processing after
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the files are unlocked. If the password or group file is already
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locked for editing by another user, you will be asked to try again
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later.
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The default editor under Debian GNU/Linux is
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.Xr ae 1 .
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.Sh ENVIRONMENT
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vipw and vigr will try the environment variables VISUAL and EDITOR
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before defaulting to
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.Xr ae 1 .
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr passwd 5 ,
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.Xr group 5 ,
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.Xr shadow 5 ,
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.Xr sgroup 5
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm vipw
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command appeared in
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.Bx 4.0 .
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