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CPPW(8) System Manager's Manual CPPW(8)

cppw, cpgr - copy with locking the given file to the password or group file

cppw [-h] [-s] password_file
cpgr [-h] [-s] group_file

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.

vipw(8), vigr(8), group(5), passwd(5), shadow(5), gshadow(5)

cppw and cpgr were written by Stephen Frost, based on vipw and vigr written by Guy Maor.

7 Apr 2005