NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

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

                                                   7 Apr 2005                                            CPPW(8)