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1 | .\" |
| 2 | .\" chfn.1 -- change your finger information | |
| 3 | .\" (c) 1994 by salvatore valente <svalente@athena.mit.edu> | |
| 4 | .\" | |
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5 | .\" This program is free software. You can redistribute it and |
| 6 | .\" modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License. | |
| 7 | .\" There is no warranty. | |
| 6dbe3af9 | 8 | .\" |
| bf967a6c | 9 | .TH CHFN 1 "July 2014" "util-linux" "User Commands" |
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10 | .SH NAME |
| 11 | chfn \- change your finger information | |
| 12 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
| 13 | .B chfn | |
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14 | .RB [ \-f |
| 15 | .IR full-name ] | |
| 16 | .RB [ \-o | |
| 17 | .IR office ] | |
| b5fff521 | 18 | .RB [ \-p |
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19 | .IR office-phone ] |
| 20 | .RB [ \-h | |
| 21 | .IR home-phone ] | |
| b5fff521 | 22 | .RB [ \-u ] |
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23 | .RB [ \-v ] |
| 24 | .RI [ username ] | |
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25 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
| 26 | .B chfn | |
| 27 | is used to change your finger information. This information is | |
| 28 | stored in the | |
| 29 | .I /etc/passwd | |
| 30 | file, and is displayed by the | |
| 31 | .B finger | |
| 32 | program. The Linux | |
| 33 | .B finger | |
| 34 | command will display four pieces of information that can be changed by | |
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35 | .BR chfn : |
| 36 | your real name, your work room and phone, and your home phone. | |
| bf967a6c | 37 | .PP |
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38 | Any of the four pieces of information can be specified on the command |
| 39 | line. If no information is given on the command line, | |
| 40 | .B chfn | |
| 41 | enters interactive mode. | |
| bf967a6c | 42 | .PP |
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43 | In interactive mode, |
| 44 | .B chfn | |
| 45 | will prompt for each field. At a prompt, you can enter the new information, | |
| 46 | or just press return to leave the field unchanged. Enter the keyword | |
| 47 | "none" to make the field blank. | |
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48 | .PP |
| 49 | .B chfn | |
| 50 | supports non-local entries (kerberos, LDAP, etc.\&) if linked with libuser, | |
| 51 | otherwise use \fBypchfn\fR, \fBlchfn\fR or any other implementation for | |
| 52 | non-local entries. | |
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53 | .SH OPTIONS |
| 54 | .TP | |
| b06c1ca6 | 55 | .BR \-f , " \-\-full\-name " \fIfull-name |
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56 | Specify your real name. |
| 57 | .TP | |
| bf967a6c | 58 | .BR \-o , " \-\-office " \fIoffice |
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59 | Specify your office room number. |
| 60 | .TP | |
| b06c1ca6 | 61 | .BR \-p , " \-\-office\-phone " \fIoffice-phone |
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62 | Specify your office phone number. |
| 63 | .TP | |
| b06c1ca6 | 64 | .BR \-h , " \-\-home\-phone " \fIhome-phone |
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65 | Specify your home phone number. |
| 66 | .TP | |
| bf967a6c | 67 | .BR \-u , " \-\-help" |
| b4362b6f | 68 | Display help text and exit. |
| 6dbe3af9 | 69 | .TP |
| bf967a6c | 70 | .BR \-v , " \-\-version" |
| b4362b6f | 71 | Display version information and exit. |
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72 | .SH "EXIT STATUS" |
| 73 | Returns 0 if operation was successful, 1 if operation failed or command syntax was not valid. | |
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74 | .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| 75 | .BR finger (1), | |
| 76 | .BR passwd (5) | |
| 77 | .SH AUTHOR | |
| 78 | Salvatore Valente <svalente@mit.edu> | |
| 86d62711 | 79 | .SH AVAILABILITY |
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80 | The chfn command is part of the util-linux package and is available from |
| 81 | ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/. |