vipw, vigr — edit the password, group, shadow-password or shadow-group file
Synopsis
vipw [options]
vigr [options]
Description
The vipw and vigr commands edits the files /etc/passwd and /etc/group, respectively. With the -s 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 $VISUAL, then the environment variable $EDITOR, and finally the default editor, vi(1).
Options
The options which apply to the vipw and vigr commands are:
- -g, --group
Edit group database.
- -h, --help
Display help message and exit.
- -p, --passwd
Edit passwd database.
- -q, --quiet
Quiet mode.
- -R, --root CHROOT_DIR
Apply changes in the CHROOT_DIR directory and use the configuration files from the CHROOT_DIR directory.
- -s, --shadow
Edit shadow or gshadow database.
Environment
- VISUAL
Editor to be used.
- EDITOR
Editor to be used if VISUAL is not set.
Files
- /etc/group
Group account information.
- /etc/gshadow
Secure group account information.
- /etc/passwd
User account information.
- /etc/shadow
Secure user account information.
See Also
vi(1), group(5), gshadow(5) , passwd(5), , shadow(5).
Referenced By
group(5), passwd(5), visudo(8).
The man page vigr(8) is an alias of vipw(8).