SYNOPSIS
chfn [-f name] [-r room] [-w work_phone] [-h home_phone]
[-o other] [-q] [-u] [-v] [user]
DESCRIPTION
chfn is used to change the user finger information. This
are the users fullname, office room number, office phone
number and home phone number. This information is stored
in the /etc/passwd file and typically printed by finger(1)
and similiar programs. A normal user may only change the
fields for their own account, the super user may change
the fields for any account. Also, only the super user may
use the -o option to change the undefined portions of the
GCOS field.
If no information is given on the command line, chfn oper
ates in an interactive fashion, prompting the user for
each field. Enter the new value to change the field, or
leave the line blank to use the current value. Enter none
or a blank only to remove the current value. The current
value is displayed between a pair of [ ] marks.
The only restrictions placed on the contents of the fields
is that no control characters may be present, nor any of
comma, colon, or equal sign. The other field does not have
this restriction, and is used to store accounting informa
tion used by other applications.
This version of chfn is able to change the shell of local,
NIS, NIS+ and LDAP accounts, if the permissions allow it.
OPTIONS
-f, --full-name
Specify your real name.
-r, --room
Specify your office room number.
-w, --work-phone
Specify your office phone number.
-h, --home-phone
Specify your home phone number.
-o, --other
Specify the undefined portions of the GCOS field.
-q, --quite
Don't be verbose.
-u, --usage
Print a usage message and exit.
Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de>
pwdutils January 2002 chfn(1)
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