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        !            20: .TH VIPW 8 "June 24, 1990"
        !            21: .UC 4
        !            22: .SH NAME
        !            23: vipw \- edit the password file
        !            24: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            25: .B vipw
        !            26: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            27: .I Vipw
        !            28: edits the password file while setting the appropriate locks,
        !            29: and does any necessary processing after the password file is unlocked.
        !            30: If the password file is already being edited, then you will be told
        !            31: to try again later.
        !            32: The 
        !            33: .I vi
        !            34: editor will be used unless the environment variable EDITOR indicates
        !            35: an alternate editor.  
        !            36: .PP
        !            37: .I Vipw
        !            38: performs a number of consistency checks on the password entries,
        !            39: and will not allow a password file with a ``mangled'' entry to be
        !            40: installed.
        !            41: If
        !            42: .I vipw
        !            43: rejects the new password file, the user is prompted to re-enter
        !            44: the edit session.
        !            45: .PP
        !            46: Once the information has been verified,
        !            47: .I vipw
        !            48: uses
        !            49: .IR mkpasswd (8)
        !            50: to update the user database.  This is run in the background, and,
        !            51: at very large sites could take several minutes.  Until this update
        !            52: is completed, the password file is unavailable for other updates
        !            53: and the new information will not be available to programs.
        !            54: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            55: chpass(1), passwd(1), passwd(5), adduser(8), mkpasswd(8)

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