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3.0 KiB
Groff
90 lines
3.0 KiB
Groff
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.\" @(#)vipw.8 6.7 (Berkeley) 3/16/91
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.\"
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.TH VIPW "8" "September 2011" "util-linux" "System Administration"
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.SH NAME
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vipw, vigr \- edit the password or group file
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B vipw
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[options]
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.br
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.B vigr
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[options]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B vipw
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edits the password file after setting the appropriate locks,
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and does any necessary processing after the password file is unlocked.
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If the password file is already locked for editing by another user,
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.B vipw
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will ask you
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to try again later. The default editor for
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.B vipw
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and
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.B vigr
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is
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.BR vi (1).
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.B vigr
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edits the group file in the same manner as
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.B vipw
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does the passwd file.
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.SH ENVIRONMENT
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If the following environment variable exists, it will be utilized by
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.B vipw
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and
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.BR vigr :
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.I
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.TP
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.B EDITOR
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The editor specified by the string
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.B EDITOR
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will be invoked instead of the default editor
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.BR vi (1).
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR vi (1),
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.BR passwd (1),
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.BR flock (2),
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.BR passwd (5)
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.SH HISTORY
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The
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.B vipw
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command appeared in 4.0BSD.
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.br
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The
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.B vigr
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command appeared in Util-Linux 2.6.
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.SH AVAILABILITY
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The vigr and vipw commands are part of the util-linux package and are available from
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.UR https://\:www.kernel.org\:/pub\:/linux\:/utils\:/util-linux/
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Linux Kernel Archive
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.UE .
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