From 8cb83eee5a58b1fad74c34094ce3afb9e430b5a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Mon, 6 May 2024 04:42:50 +0200 Subject: Adding upstream version 2.33.1. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- login-utils/vipw.8 | 89 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 89 insertions(+) create mode 100644 login-utils/vipw.8 (limited to 'login-utils/vipw.8') diff --git a/login-utils/vipw.8 b/login-utils/vipw.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..41aa36e --- /dev/null +++ b/login-utils/vipw.8 @@ -0,0 +1,89 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991 The Regents of the University of California. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)vipw.8 6.7 (Berkeley) 3/16/91 +.\" +.TH VIPW "8" "September 2011" "util-linux" "System Administration" +.SH NAME +vipw, vigr \- edit the password or group file +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B vipw +[options] +.br +.B vigr +[options] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B vipw +edits the password file after setting the appropriate locks, +and does any necessary processing after the password file is unlocked. +If the password file is already locked for editing by another user, +.B vipw +will ask you +to try again later. The default editor for +.B vipw +and +.B vigr +is +.BR vi (1). +.B vigr +edits the group file in the same manner as +.B vipw +does the passwd file. +.SH ENVIRONMENT +If the following environment variable exists, it will be utilized by +.B vipw +and +.BR vigr : +.I +.TP +.B EDITOR +The editor specified by the string +.B EDITOR +will be invoked instead of the default editor +.BR vi (1). +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR vi (1), +.BR passwd (1), +.BR flock (2), +.BR passwd (5) +.SH HISTORY +The +.B vipw +command appeared in 4.0BSD. +.br +The +.B vigr +command appeared in Util-Linux 2.6. +.SH AVAILABILITY +The vigr and vipw commands are part of the util-linux package and are available from +.UR https://\:www.kernel.org\:/pub\:/linux\:/utils\:/util-linux/ +Linux Kernel Archive +.UE . -- cgit v1.2.3