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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California. |
2 | .\" All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement | |
3 | .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution. | |
4 | .\" | |
14a4872e | 5 | .\" @(#)vipw.8 6.1 (Berkeley) %G% |
adb93747 | 6 | .\" |
14a4872e | 7 | .TH VIPW 8 "" |
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8 | .UC 4 |
9 | .SH NAME | |
dc3f820b | 10 | vipw \- edit the password file |
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11 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
12 | .B vipw | |
13 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
14 | .I Vipw | |
15 | edits the password file while setting the appropriate locks, | |
16 | and does any necessary processing after the password file is unlocked. | |
17 | If the password file is already being edited, then you will be told | |
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18 | to try again later. The |
19 | .I vi | |
20 | editor will be used unless the environment variable EDITOR indicates | |
21 | an alternate editor. | |
22 | .I Vipw | |
23 | performs a number of consistency checks on the password entry for | |
24 | .IR root , | |
25 | and will not allow a password file with a ``mangled'' root entry | |
26 | to be installed. | |
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27 | .SH SEE ALSO |
28 | chfn(1), chsh(1), passwd(1), passwd(5), adduser(8) | |
29 | .SH FILES | |
dc3f820b | 30 | /etc/ptmp |