vipw(8)

VIPW(8)

System Management Commands

VIPW(8)

NAME

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.

-u, --user

Indicates which user's tcb shadow file to edit (implies -s).

CONFIGURATION

The following configuration variables in /etc/login.defs change the behavior of this tool:

USE_TCB (boolean)

If yes, the tcb(5) password shadowing scheme will be used.

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.