vigr and vipw do not call vim. This is due to a misconfiguration of your system.
According to vipw(1): When looking for an editor, the programs will first try the environment variable $VISUAL, then the environment variable $EDITOR, and finally the default editor, vi(1). ** Changed in: shadow (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- vigr demands vim to be installed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/522553 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs