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Linux / Unix vipw command

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About vipw

Edit the username, password, group, shadow-password, or shadow-group file.

Syntax

vipw [-s]

-s Edit the shadow versions of the files.

Examples

vipw

Running the above command would open an edit for the /etc/passwd and /etc/group files in vi. In order to change 

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chfn
vi
passwd

 

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