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VIPW(8) System Administration VIPW(8)
vipw, vigr - edit the password or group file
vipw [options]
vigr [options]
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
and vigr is vi(1). vigr edits the group file in the same manner as
vipw does the passwd file.
If the following environment variable exists, it will be utilized by
vipw and vigr:
EDITOR The editor specified by the string EDITOR will be invoked
instead of the default editor vi(1).
vi(1), passwd(1), flock(2), passwd(5)
The vipw command appeared in 4.0BSD.
The vigr command appeared in Util-Linux 2.6.
The vigr and vipw commands are part of the util-linux package and are
available from Linux Kernel Archive
⟨https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/⟩.
This page is part of the util-linux (a random collection of Linux
utilities) project. Information about the project can be found at
⟨https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/⟩. If you have a
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util-linux September 2011 VIPW(8)