login-utils/chfn.1

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   2 .\"  chfn.1 -- change your finger information
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  13 .TH CHFN 1 "July 2009" "util-linux" "User Commands"
  14 .SH NAME
  15 chfn \- change your finger information
  16 .SH SYNOPSIS
  17 .B chfn
  18 .RB [ \-f
  19 .IR full-name ]
  20 .RB [ \-o
  21 .IR office ]
  22 ,RB [ \-p
  23 .IR office-phone ]
  24 .RB [ \-h
  25 .IR home-phone ]
  26 .BR \-u ]
  27 .RB [ \-v ]
  28 .RI [ username ]
  29 .SH DESCRIPTION
  30 .B chfn
  31 is used to change your finger information.  This information is
  32 stored in the
  33 .I /etc/passwd
  34 file, and is displayed by the
  35 .B finger
  36 program.  The Linux
  37 .B finger
  38 command will display four pieces of information that can be changed by
  39 .BR chfn :
  40 your real name, your work room and phone, and your home phone.
  41
  42 .B chfn
  43 is used to change local entries only. Use ypchfn, lchfn or any other
  44 implementation for non-local entries.
  45 .SS COMMAND LINE
  46 Any of the four pieces of information can be specified on the command
  47 line.  If no information is given on the command line,
  48 .B chfn
  49 enters interactive mode.
  50 .SS INTERACTIVE MODE
  51 In interactive mode,
  52 .B chfn
  53 will prompt for each field.  At a prompt, you can enter the new information,
  54 or just press return to leave the field unchanged.  Enter the keyword
  55 "none" to make the field blank.
  56 .SH OPTIONS
  57 .TP
  58 .BI "\-f, \-\-full-name " full-name
  59 Specify your real name.
  60 .TP
  61 .BI "\-o, \-\-office " office
  62 Specify your office room number.
  63 .TP
  64 .BI "\-p, \-\-office-phone " office-phone
  65 Specify your office phone number.
  66 .TP
  67 .BI "\-h, \-\-home-phone " home-phone
  68 Specify your home phone number.
  69 .TP
  70 .B "\-u, \-\-help"
  71 Print a usage message and exit.
  72 .TP
  73 .B "-v, \-\-version"
  74 Print version information and exit.
  75 .SH "SEE ALSO"
  76 .BR finger (1),
  77 .BR passwd (5)
  78 .SH AUTHOR
  79 Salvatore Valente <svalente@mit.edu>
  80 .SH AVAILABILITY
  81 The chfn command is part of the util-linux package and is available from
  82 ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.