vipw(1M)
NAME
vipw − edit the password file
SYNOPSIS
vipw
DESCRIPTION
vipw 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, you will be told to try again later. The vi editor is used unless the environment variable EDITOR indicates an alternate editor. vipw performs a number of consistency checks on the password entry for root, and does not allow a password file with an incorrectly formatted root entry to be installed.
WARNINGS
An /etc/passwd.tmp file not removed when a system crashes prevents further editing of the /etc/passwd file using vipw after the system is rebooted.
AUTHOR
vipw was developed by the University of California, Berkeley.
FILES
/etc/passwd.tmp
SEE ALSO
Hewlett-Packard Company — HP-UX Release 10.20: July 1996