Name
vipw, vigr — edit the password or group files
DESCRIPTION
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 is
vi(1).
Vigr
edits the
group file in the same manner as vipw.
ENVIRONMENT
If the following environment variable exists it will be
utilized by vipw:
EDITOR
-
The editor specified by the string EDITOR
will be invoked instead of the
default editor vi(1).
HISTORY
The vipw
command appeared in BSD4.0
.
The vigr
command appeared in Util-Linux 2.6.
Copyright (c) 1983, 1991 The Regents of the University of California.
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from: @(#)vipw.8
6.7 (Berkeley) 3/16/91
$Id: vipw.8,v 1.3 1996/07/02 16:57:55 janl Exp $
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