8. System administration commands (usually only for root)
CPPW
Section: Maintenance Commands (8)Updated: 7 Apr 2005
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NAME
cppw, cpgr - copy with locking the given file to the password or group fileSYNOPSIS
cppw [-h] [-s] password_filecpgr [-h] [-s] group_file
DESCRIPTION
cppw and cpgr will copy, with locking, the given file to /etc/passwd and /etc/group, respectively. With the -s flag, they will copy the shadow versions of those files, /etc/shadow and /etc/gshadow, respectively.With the -h flag, the commands display a short help message and exit silently.
SEE ALSO
vipw(8), vigr(8), group(5), passwd(5), shadow(5), gshadow(5)AUTHOR
cppw and cpgr were written by Stephen Frost, based on vipw and vigr written by Guy Maor.
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