1CHFN(1)                          User Commands                         CHFN(1)
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NAME

6       chfn - change your finger information
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SYNOPSIS

9       chfn  [-f full-name] [-o office] ,RB [ -p office-phone] [-h home-phone]
10       -u] [-v] [username]
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DESCRIPTION

13       chfn is used to change your finger information.   This  information  is
14       stored in the /etc/passwd file, and is displayed by the finger program.
15       The Linux finger command will display four pieces of  information  that
16       can  be  changed by chfn: your real name, your work room and phone, and
17       your home phone.
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19       chfn is used to change local entries only. Use  ypchfn,  lchfn  or  any
20       other implementation for non-local entries.
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22   COMMAND LINE
23       Any  of  the four pieces of information can be specified on the command
24       line.  If no information is given on  the  command  line,  chfn  enters
25       interactive mode.
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27   INTERACTIVE MODE
28       In interactive mode, chfn will prompt for each field.  At a prompt, you
29       can enter the new information, or just press return to leave the  field
30       unchanged.  Enter the keyword "none" to make the field blank.
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OPTIONS

33       -f, --full-name full-name
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39       -p, --office-phone office-phone
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42       -h, --home-phone home-phone
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45       -u, --help
46              Print a usage message and exit.
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48       -v, --version
49              Print version information and exit.
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EXIT STATUS

52       Returns 0 if operation was successful, 1 if operation failed or command
53       syntax was not valid.
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SEE ALSO

56       finger(1), passwd(5)
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AUTHOR

59       Salvatore Valente <svalente@mit.edu>
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AVAILABILITY

62       The chfn command is part of the util-linux  package  and  is  available
63       from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.
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67util-linux                         July 2009                           CHFN(1)