vipw - Man Page

• Edit the password file: vipw
• Display version: vipw --version

tldr.sh

vipw [options]

vigr [options]

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).

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. Only absolute paths are supported.

-s,  --shadow

Edit shadow or gshadow database.

VISUAL

Editor to be used.

EDITOR

Editor to be used if VISUAL is not set.

/etc/group

Group account information.

/etc/gshadow

Secure group account information.

/etc/passwd

User account information.

/etc/shadow

Secure user account information.

vi(1), group(5), gshadow(5) , passwd(5), , shadow(5).

group(5), passwd(5), visudo(8).

The man page vigr(8) is an alias of vipw(8).