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<H1>VIPW</H1>
Section: System Management Commands (8)<BR>Updated: 05/28/2020<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
vipw, vigr - edit the password, group, shadow-password or shadow-group file
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
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<DT id="1">
<B>vipw</B> [<I>options</I>]
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<B>vigr</B> [<I>options</I>]
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
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<DD>The
<B>vipw</B>
and
<B>vigr</B>
commands edits the files
/etc/passwd
and
/etc/group, respectively. With the
<B>-s</B>
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
<B>$VISUAL</B>, then the environment variable
<B>$EDITOR</B>, and finally the default editor,
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+vi">vi</A></B>(1).
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<H2>OPTIONS</H2>
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The options which apply to the
<B>vipw</B>
and
<B>vigr</B>
commands are:
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<B>-g</B>, <B>--group</B>
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Edit group database.
</DL>
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<B>-h</B>, <B>--help</B>
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Display help message and exit.
</DL>
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<B>-p</B>, <B>--passwd</B>
<DL COMPACT><DT id="5"><DD>
Edit passwd database.
</DL>
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<B>-q</B>, <B>--quiet</B>
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Quiet mode.
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<B>-R</B>, <B>--root</B>&nbsp;<I>CHROOT_DIR</I>
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Apply changes in the
<I>CHROOT_DIR</I>
directory and use the configuration files from the
<I>CHROOT_DIR</I>
directory.
</DL>
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<B>-s</B>, <B>--shadow</B>
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Edit shadow or gshadow database.
</DL>
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<H2>ENVIRONMENT</H2>
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<B>VISUAL</B>
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Editor to be used.
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<B>EDITOR</B>
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Editor to be used if
<B>VISUAL</B>
is not set.
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<H2>FILES</H2>
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/etc/group
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Group account information.
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/etc/gshadow
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Secure group account information.
</DL>
<P>
/etc/passwd
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User account information.
</DL>
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/etc/shadow
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Secure user account information.
</DL>
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+vi">vi</A></B>(1),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?5+group">group</A></B>(5),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?5+gshadow">gshadow</A></B>(5)
,
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?5+passwd">passwd</A></B>(5), ,
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?5+shadow">shadow</A></B>(5).
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<A NAME="index">&nbsp;</A><H2>Index</H2>
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<DT id="15"><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
<DT id="16"><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
<DT id="17"><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
<DT id="18"><A HREF="#lbAE">OPTIONS</A><DD>
<DT id="19"><A HREF="#lbAF">ENVIRONMENT</A><DD>
<DT id="20"><A HREF="#lbAG">FILES</A><DD>
<DT id="21"><A HREF="#lbAH">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
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