Getting error "vipw: /etc/passwd.xxxx: Permission denied" ; "vipw: Couldn't lock file: Permission denied" while executing vipw
Issue
vipw
command is failing with the below error:
vipw: /etc/passwd.xxxx: Permission denied
vipw: Couldn't lock file: Permission denied
vipw: /etc/passwd is unchanged
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9
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