VIPW(8)                 GENIX Programmer's Manual                 VIPW(8)



      NAME
           vipw - edit the password file with vi

      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,  then  you
           will be told to try again later.

      SEE ALSO
           chfn(1), chsh(1), passwd(1), passwd(5), adduser(8)

      FILES
           /etc/vipw.lock

      BUGS
           Vipw does not remove the vipw.lock file; this is not a bug, but peo-
           ple tend to think it is.

           No one deals with left-over /etc/ptmp (the real lock) files after  a
           system crash.































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