VIPW(8) System Administration VIPW(8)NAME
vipw, vigr - edit the password or group file
SYNOPSIS
vipw [options]
vigr [options]
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 and vigr
is vi(1). vigr edits the group file in the same manner as vipw does
the passwd file.
ENVIRONMENT
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).
SEE ALSOpasswd(1), flock(2), vi(1), passwd(5)HISTORY
The vipw command appeared in 4.0BSD.
The vigr command appeared in Util-Linux 2.6.
AVAILABILITY
The vigr and vipw commands are part of the util-linux package and are
available from Linux Kernel Archive ⟨ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux
/utils/util-linux/⟩.
util-linux September 2011 VIPW(8)