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