suse man page for vipw

vipw(8) 						      System Manager's Manual							   vipw(8)

NAME
       vipw,vigr - edit the password, group or shadow file

SYNOPSIS
       vipw [-g|-p|-s]
       vigr [-g|-p|-s]

DESCRIPTION
       vipw/vigr  edits the passwd,group or shadow file after setting the appropriate locks to prevent file corruption. vipw edits per default the
       /etc/passwd file, vigr the /etc/group file.  Extended attributes (like ACLs or security attributes) are preserved.

ENVIRONMENT
       EDITOR If the environment variable exists, the editor specified by this variable is used instead of the default vi(1).

OPTIONS
       -g, --group
	      Edit /etc/group.

       -p, --passwd
	      Edit /etc/passwd.

       -s, --shadow
	      Edit /etc/shadow.

       -u, --usage
	      Print a usage message and exit.

	   --help
	      Print a more verbose help text and exit.

       Print version information and exit.

FILES
       /etc/group  - group account information
       /etc/passwd - user account information
       /etc/shadow - shadow account information

SEE ALSO
       attr(5), passwd(1), passwd(5), shadow(5), vi(1)

AUTHOR
       Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de>

pwdutils							   October 2003 							   vipw(8)