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-.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
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-.\"
-.\" @(#)vipw.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
-.\" $FreeBSD$
-.\"
-.Dd June 6, 1993
-.Dt VIPW 8
-.Os
-.Sh NAME
-.Nm vipw
-.Nd edit the password file
-.Sh SYNOPSIS
-.Nm
-.Op Fl d Ar directory
-.Sh DESCRIPTION
-The
-.Nm
-utility 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,
-.Nm
-will ask you
-to try again later.
-The default editor for
-.Nm
-is
-.Xr vi 1 .
-.Pp
-When run without options,
-.Nm
-will work with the password files in
-.Pa /etc .
-The
-.Fl d
-option may be used to specify an alternative
-.Ar directory
-to work with.
-.Pp
-The
-.Nm
-utility performs a number of consistency checks on the password entries,
-and will not allow a password file with a
-.Dq mangled
-entry to be
-installed.
-If
-.Nm
-rejects the new password file, the user is prompted to re-enter
-the edit session.
-.Pp
-Once the information has been verified,
-.Nm
-uses
-.Xr pwd_mkdb 8
-to update the user database.
-This is run in the background, and,
-at very large sites could take several minutes.
-Until this update
-is completed, the password file is unavailable for other updates
-and the new information is not available to programs.
-.Sh ENVIRONMENT
-If the following environment variable exists it will be utilized by
-.Nm :
-.Bl -tag -width PW_SCAN_BIG_IDS
-.It Ev EDITOR
-The editor specified by the string
-.Ev EDITOR
-will be invoked instead of the default editor
-.Xr vi 1 .
-This can be used to allow a script to non-interactively modify the
-password file.
-.It Ev PW_SCAN_BIG_IDS
-See
-.Xr pwd_mkdb 8 .
-.El
-.Sh SEE ALSO
-.Xr chpass 1 ,
-.Xr passwd 1 ,
-.Xr passwd 5 ,
-.Xr adduser 8 ,
-.Xr pw 8 ,
-.Xr pwd_mkdb 8
-.Sh HISTORY
-The
-.Nm
-utility appeared in
-.Bx 4.0 .
-.Sh BUGS
-The mechanism for checking for password file modifications requires that
-.Ev EDITOR
-run for at least one second.
-Non-interactive editor scripts should invoke
-.Xr sleep 1
-or equivalent to ensure this happens.
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