man chfn - Man page for chfn
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Section: Linux Reference Manual (1)
Updated: October 13 1994
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NAME
chfn – change your finger information
SYNOPSIS
chfn
[ –f full–name ] [ –o office ] [ –p office–phone ]
[ –h home–phone ] [ –u ] [ –v ] [ username ]
DESCRIPTION
chfn
is used to change your finger information. This information is
stored in the
/etc/passwd
file, and is displayed by the
finger
program. The Linux
finger
command will display four pieces of information that can be changed by
chfn
: your real name, your work room and phone, and your home phone.
COMMAND LINE
Any of the four pieces of information can be specified on the command
line. If no information is given on the command line,
chfn
INTERACTIVE MODE
In interactive mode,
chfn
will prompt for each field. At a prompt, you can enter the new information,
or just press return to leave the field unchanged. Enter the keyword
"none" to make the field blank.
OPTIONS
- –f, ––full–name
Specify your real name.
- –o, ––office
Specify your office room number.
- –p, ––office–phone
Specify your office phone number.
- –h, ––home–phone
Specify your home phone number.
- –u, ––help
Print a usage message and exit.
- –v, ––version
Print version information and exit.
SEE ALSO
finger(1),
passwd(5)
AUTHOR
Salvatore Valente <svalente@mit.edu>