---
name: "cppw"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "passwd"
version: "1:4.13+dfsg1-1+deb12u2"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cppw"
---

# cppw(8)

copy with locking the given file to the password or group file

## 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)](/vipw/8.md), [**vigr**(8)](/vigr/8.md), [**group**(5)](/group/5.md), [**passwd**(5)](/passwd/5.md), [**shadow**(5)](/shadow/5.md), [**gshadow**(5)](/gshadow/5.md)

## AUTHOR

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