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Manual Reference Pages  - CHFN (1)

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chfn - change your finger information

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     Interactive Mode
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chfn [ -f full-name ] [ -o office ] [ -p office-phone ] [ -h home-phone ] [ -u ] [ -v ] [ username ]

chfn is used to change your finger information. This information is stored in the /etc/passwd file, and is displayed by the finger program. The Linux finger command will display four pieces of information that can be changed by chfn : your real name, your work room and phone, and your home phone.

Any of the four pieces of information can be specified on the command line. If no information is given on the command line, chfn enters interactive mode.

In interactive mode, chfn will prompt for each field. At a prompt, you can enter the new information, or just press return to leave the field unchanged. Enter the keyword "none" to make the field blank.

-f, --full-name
	Specify your real name.
-o, --office
	Specify your office room number.
-p, --office-phone
	Specify your office phone number.
-h, --home-phone
	Specify your home phone number.
-u, --help
	Print a usage message and exit.
-v, --version
	Print version information and exit.

finger(1), passwd(5)

Salvatore Valente <svalente@mit.edu>

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