| 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 | .\" |
| 5 | .\" @(#)vipw.8 6.2 (Berkeley) %G% |
| 6 | .\" |
| 7 | .TH VIPW 8 "" |
| 8 | .UC 4 |
| 9 | .SH NAME |
| 10 | vipw \- edit the password file |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 27 | .SH SEE ALSO |
| 28 | passwd(1), passwd(5), adduser(8), mkpasswd(8) |
| 29 | .SH FILES |
| 30 | /etc/ptmp |