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+ Copyright (c) 2001 - 2006, Tomasz Kłoczko
+ Copyright (c) 2007 - 2011, Nicolas François
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+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.5//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
+<!ENTITY USE_TCB SYSTEM "login.defs.d/USE_TCB.xml">
+<!-- SHADOW-CONFIG-HERE -->
+]>
<refentry id='vipw.8'>
- <!-- $Id: vipw.8.xml,v 1.11 2005/10/01 15:01:46 kloczek Exp $ -->
+ <!-- $Id$ -->
<refentryinfo>
- <date>26 Sep 1997</date>
+ <author>
+ <firstname>Marek</firstname>
+ <surname>Michałkiewicz</surname>
+ <contrib>Creation, 1997</contrib>
+ </author>
+ <author>
+ <firstname>Thomas</firstname>
+ <surname>Kłoczko</surname>
+ <email>kloczek@pld.org.pl</email>
+ <contrib>shadow-utils maintainer, 2000 - 2007</contrib>
+ </author>
+ <author>
+ <firstname>Nicolas</firstname>
+ <surname>François</surname>
+ <email>nicolas.francois@centraliens.net</email>
+ <contrib>shadow-utils maintainer, 2007 - now</contrib>
+ </author>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>vipw</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
- <refmiscinfo class='date'>26 Sep 1997</refmiscinfo>
+ <refmiscinfo class="sectdesc">System Management Commands</refmiscinfo>
+ <refmiscinfo class="source">shadow-utils</refmiscinfo>
+ <refmiscinfo class="version">&SHADOW_UTILS_VERSION;</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv id='name'>
<refname>vipw</refname>
<refname>vigr</refname>
<refpurpose>
- edit the password, group, shadow-password or shadow-group file.
+ edit the password, group, shadow-password or shadow-group file
</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv id='synopsis'>
<cmdsynopsis>
- <command>vipw</command><arg choice='opt'>-s </arg>
+ <command>vipw</command>
+ <arg choice='opt'>
+ <replaceable>options</replaceable>
+ </arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
<cmdsynopsis>
- <command>vigr</command><arg choice='opt'>-s </arg>
+ <command>vigr</command>
+ <arg choice='opt'>
+ <replaceable>options</replaceable>
+ </arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1 id='description'>
<title>DESCRIPTION</title>
<para>
- <command>vipw</command> and <command>vigr</command> will edit the
- files <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and
+ The <command>vipw</command> and <command>vigr</command> commands edits
+ the files <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and
<filename>/etc/group</filename>, respectively. With the
<option>-s</option> flag, they will edit the shadow versions of those
files, <filename>/etc/shadow</filename> and
the appropriate locks to prevent file corruption. When looking for an
editor, the programs will first try the environment variable
<envar>$VISUAL</envar>, then the environment variable
- <emphasis>$EDITOR</emphasis>, and finally the default editor,
+ <envar>$EDITOR</envar>, and finally the default editor,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>vi</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
</para>
</refsect1>
+ <refsect1 id='options'>
+ <title>OPTIONS</title>
+ <para>
+ The options which apply to the <command>vipw</command> and
+ <command>vigr</command> commands are:
+ </para>
+ <variablelist remap='IP'>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-g</option>, <option>--group</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Edit group database.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-h</option>, <option>--help</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Display help message and exit.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-p</option>, <option>--passwd</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Edit passwd database.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-q</option>, <option>--quiet</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Quiet mode.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <option>-R</option>, <option>--root</option> <replaceable>CHROOT_DIR</replaceable>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Apply changes in the <replaceable>CHROOT_DIR</replaceable>
+ directory and use the configuration files from the
+ <replaceable>CHROOT_DIR</replaceable> directory.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-s</option>, <option>--shadow</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Edit shadow or gshadow database.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry condition="tcb">
+ <term><option>-u</option>, <option>--user</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Indicates which user's tcb shadow file to edit.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 id='configuration' condition="tcb">
+ <title>CONFIGURATION</title>
+ <para>
+ The following configuration variables in
+ <filename>/etc/login.defs</filename> change the behavior of this
+ tool:
+ </para>
+ <variablelist>
+ &USE_TCB;
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 id='environment'>
+ <title>ENVIRONMENT</title>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>VISUAL</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Editor to be used.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>EDITOR</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Editor to be used if <option>VISUAL</option> is not set.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 id='files'>
+ <title>FILES</title>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><filename>/etc/group</filename></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Group account information.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><filename>/etc/gshadow</filename></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Secure group account information.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><filename>/etc/passwd</filename></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>User account information.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><filename>/etc/shadow</filename></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Secure user account information.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
<refsect1 id='see_also'>
<title>SEE ALSO</title>
<para>
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>vi</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>,
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>group</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>gshadow</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>
+ <citerefentry condition="tcb">
+ <refentrytitle>login.defs</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>,
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>passwd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry condition="tcb">
+ <refentrytitle>tcb</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>,
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>shadow</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>.
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