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vipw \- edit the password file with vi
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
chfn(1), chsh(1), passwd(1), passwd(5), adduser(8)
does not remove the vipw.lock file; this is not a bug, but people tend
No one deals with left-over /etc/ptmp (the real lock) files after a system