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Package:  passwd
apt-get install passwd

Manuals in package:
• chsh(1)
• gpasswd(1)
• gshadow(5)
• groupmod(8)
• grpconv(8)
• usermod(8)
• passwd(1)
• grpunconv(8)
• subgid(5)
• vipw(8)
• pwck(8)
• useradd(8)
• expiry(1)
• chfn(1)
• chage(1)
• pwconv(8)
• groupadd(8)
• passwd(5)
• subuid(5)
• vigr(8)
• chgpasswd(8)
• shadowconfig(8)
• groupdel(8)
• pwunconv(8)
• shadow(5)
• chpasswd(8)
• newusers(8)
• grpck(8)
• userdel(8)
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Manual

VIPW

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
ENVIRONMENT
FILES
SEE ALSO

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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

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.

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.

SEE ALSO

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

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