Vipw

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The correct title of this article is vipw. The initial letter is shown capitalized due to technical restrictions.

vipw is a small computer program which enables a Unix system administrator to comfortably edit the file /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow.

vigr does similar thing for /etc/group respectively /etc/gshadow.

[edit] References

  • The vipw manpage, 26 September 1997, in the Debian passwd package version 1:4.0.13-6