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vipw is a small computer program which enables a Unix system administrator to comfortably edit the "passwd" and "Shadow password" files. It comes bundled in the "Shadow" software package.

vigr does similar thing for /etc/group and /etc/gshadow.

References

  • The vipw manpage, 26 September 1997, in the Debian passwd package version 1:4.0.13-6