NAME
vipw, vigr - edit the password, group, shadow-password or shadow-group file
SYNOPSIS
vipw [options]
vigr [options]
DESCRIPTION
The vipw and vigr commands edit 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
-h, --help
-p, --passwd
-q, --quiet
-R, --rootCHROOT_DIR
-s, --shadow
ENVIRONMENT
VISUAL
EDITOR
FILES
/etc/group
/etc/gshadow
/etc/passwd
/etc/shadow
SEE ALSO
vi(1), group(5), gshadow(5) , passwd(5), , shadow(5).