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vipw(8)								       vipw(8)

NAME
       vipw,vigr - edit the password, group or shadow file

SYNOPSIS
       vipw [-g|-p|-s]
       vigr [-g|-p|-s]

DESCRIPTION
       vipw/vigr  edits	 the  passwd,group  or	shadow	file after setting the
       appropriate locks to prevent file corruption. vipw  edits  per  default
       the  /etc/passwd	 file,	vigr the /etc/group file.  Extended attributes
       (like ACLs or security attributes) are preserved.

ENVIRONMENT
       EDITOR If the environment variable exists, the editor specified by this
	      variable is used instead of the default vi(1).

OPTIONS
       -g, --group
	      Edit /etc/group.

       -p, --passwd
	      Edit /etc/passwd.

       -s, --shadow
	      Edit /etc/shadow.

       -u, --usage
	      Print a usage message and exit.

	   --help
	      Print a more verbose help text and exit.

       Print version information and exit.

FILES
       /etc/group  - group account information
       /etc/passwd - user account information
       /etc/shadow - shadow account information

SEE ALSO
       attr(5), passwd(1), passwd(5), shadow(5), vi(1)

AUTHOR
       Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de>

pwdutils			 October 2003			       vipw(8)

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