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| 4 | VIPW(8) 1990 VIPW(8) | |
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| 8 | N\bNA\bAM\bME\bE | |
| 9 | vipw - edit the password file | |
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| 11 | S\bSY\bYN\bNO\bOP\bPS\bSI\bIS\bS | |
| 12 | v\bvi\bip\bpw\bw | |
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| 14 | D\bDE\bES\bSC\bCR\bRI\bIP\bPT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN | |
| 15 | _\bV_\bi_\bp_\bw edits the password file while setting the appropriate | |
| 16 | locks, and does any necessary processing after the password | |
| 17 | file is unlocked. If the password file is already being | |
| 18 | edited, then you will be told to try again later. The _\bv_\bi | |
| 19 | editor will be used unless the environment variable EDITOR | |
| 20 | indicates an alternate editor. | |
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| 22 | _\bV_\bi_\bp_\bw performs a number of consistency checks on the password | |
| 23 | entries, and will not allow a password file with a ``man- | |
| 24 | gled'' entry to be installed. If _\bv_\bi_\bp_\bw rejects the new pass- | |
| 25 | word file, the user is prompted to re-enter the edit ses- | |
| 26 | sion. | |
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| 28 | Once the information has been verified, _\bv_\bi_\bp_\bw uses | |
| 29 | _\bm_\bk_\bp_\ba_\bs_\bs_\bw_\bd(8) to update the user database. This is run in the | |
| 30 | background, and, at very large sites could take several | |
| 31 | minutes. Until this update is completed, the password file | |
| 32 | is unavailable for other updates and the new information | |
| 33 | will not be available to programs. | |
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| 35 | S\bSE\bEE\bE A\bAL\bLS\bSO\bO | |
| 36 | chpass(1), passwd(1), passwd(5), adduser(8), mkpasswd(8) | |
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| 63 | Printed 7/27/90 June 1 | |
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