CHFN(N)                                                   CHFN(N)



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 exten-
       sion, and home  phone  number  information  for  a  user's
       account.   This  information  is typically printed by fin-
       ger(r) 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 cur-
       rent value.  The current value is displayed between a pair
       of  [ ] marks.  Without options, chfn prompts for the cur-
       rent 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(d), login.defs(s)

AUTHOR
       Julianne Frances Haugh (jfh@austin.ibm.com)



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