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.\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
.\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
.\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
.\"
.\"	@(#)vipw.8	6.2 (Berkeley) %G%
.\"
.TH VIPW 8 ""
.UC 4
.SH NAME
vipw \- edit the password file
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B vipw
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Vipw
edits the password file while setting the appropriate locks,
and does any necessary processing after the password file is unlocked.
If the password file is already being edited, then you will be told
to try again later.  The 
.I vi
editor will be used unless the environment variable EDITOR indicates
an alternate editor.  
.I Vipw
performs a number of consistency checks on the password entry for
.IR root ,
and will not allow a password file with a ``mangled'' root entry
to be installed.
.SH SEE ALSO
passwd(1), passwd(5), adduser(8), mkpasswd(8)
.SH FILES
/etc/ptmp
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adb93747 KM	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	.\"
30769d4e	5	.\" @(#)vipw.8 6.2 (Berkeley) %G%
adb93747	6	.\"
14a4872e	7	.TH VIPW 8 ""
adb93747 KM	8	.UC 4
adb93747 KM	9	.SH NAME
dc3f820b	10	vipw \- edit the password file
adb93747 KM	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
dc3f820b KM	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.
adb93747	27	.SH SEE ALSO
30769d4e	28	passwd(1), passwd(5), adduser(8), mkpasswd(8)
adb93747	29	.SH FILES
dc3f820b	30	/etc/ptmp