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1.1     ! root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
        !             2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
        !             3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
        !             4: .\"
        !             5: .\"    @(#)vipw.8      6.2 (Berkeley) 5/19/86
        !             6: .\"
        !             7: .TH VIPW 8 "May 19, 1986"
        !             8: .UC 4
        !             9: .SH NAME
        !            10: vipw \- edit the password file
        !            11: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            12: .B vipw
        !            13: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            14: .I Vipw
        !            15: edits the password file while setting the appropriate locks,
        !            16: and does any necessary processing after the password file is unlocked.
        !            17: If the password file is already being edited, then you will be told
        !            18: to try again later.  The 
        !            19: .I vi
        !            20: editor will be used unless the environment variable EDITOR indicates
        !            21: an alternate editor.  
        !            22: .I Vipw
        !            23: performs a number of consistency checks on the password entry for
        !            24: .IR root ,
        !            25: and will not allow a password file with a ``mangled'' root entry
        !            26: to be installed.
        !            27: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            28: passwd(1), passwd(5), adduser(8), mkpasswd(8)
        !            29: .SH FILES
        !            30: /etc/ptmp

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