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.\" Copyright 1990 - 1994 Julianne Frances Haugh
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.\" $Id: chfn.1,v 1.5 2000/08/26 18:27:17 marekm Exp $
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.\"
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.TH CHFN 1
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.SH NAME
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chfn \- change user name and information
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.TP 5
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\fBchfn\fR
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[\fB-f \fIfull_name\fR] [\fB-r \fIroom_no\fR]
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.br
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[\fB-w \fIwork_ph\fR] [\fB-h \fIhome_ph\fR] [\fB-o \fIother\fR]
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[\fIuser\fR]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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\fBchfn\fR changes user fullname, office number, office extension, and home
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phone number information for a user's account.
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This information is typically printed by \fBfinger\fR(1) and similiar
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programs.
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A normal user may only change the fields for their own account,
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the super user may change the fields for any account.
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Also, only the super user may use the \fB-o\fR option to change the
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undefined portions of the GCOS field.
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.PP
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The only restrictions placed on the contents of the fields is that no
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control characters may be present, nor any of comma, colon, or equal sign.
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The \fIother\fR field does not have this restriction, and is used to
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store accounting information used by other applications.
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.PP
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If none of the options are selected, \fBchfn\fR operates in an interactive
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fashion, prompting the user with the current values for all of the fields.
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Enter the new value to change the field, or leave the line blank to use
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the current value.
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The current value is displayed between a pair of \fB[ ]\fR marks.
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Without options, chfn prompts for the current user account.
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.SH FILES
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/etc/passwd \- user account information
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR passwd (5)
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.SH AUTHOR
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Julianne Frances Haugh (jfh@austin.ibm.com)
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