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CHFN
!!!CHFN
NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
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SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
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!!NAME


chfn - change user name and information
!!SYNOPSIS


__chfn__


[[__-f__ ''full_name''] [[__-r__ ''room_no'']
[[__-w__ ''work_ph''] [[__-h__ ''home_ph'']
[[__-o__ ''other''] [[''user'']
!!DESCRIPTION


__chfn__ changes user fullname, office number, office
extension, and home phone number information for a user's
account. This information is 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.


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
information used by other applications.


If none of the options are selected, __chfn__ operates in
an interactive fashion, prompting the user with the current
values for all of the fields. Enter the new value to change
the field, or leave the line blank to use the current value.
The current value is displayed between a pair of __[[ ]__
marks. Without options, chfn prompts for the current user
account.


The file, __/etc/login.defs__, defines some configuration
options that affects how chfn operates, especially for
non-root users.
!!FILES


/etc/passwd - user account information
/etc/login.defs - config options for chfn
!!SEE ALSO


passwd(5), login.defs(5)
!!AUTHOR


Julianne Frances Haugh (jfh@austin.ibm.com)
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Last edited on Tuesday, June 4, 2002 12:21:50 am by "perry"

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