NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       chfn - change user name and information

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       chfn [-f full_name] [-r room_no]
	    [-w work_ph] [-h home_ph] [-o other] [user]

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       chfn  changes  user fullname, office number, office extension, and home
       phone number information for a user's  account.	 This  information  is
       typically  printed  by  finger(1) 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 current value.	The current value is displayed between
       a  pair	of  [  ] marks.  Without options, chfn prompts for the current
       user account.

       The file, /etc/login.defs,  defines  some  configuration  options  that
       affects how chfn operates, especially for non-root users.

FILES    [Toc]    [Back]

       /etc/passwd - user account information
       /etc/login.defs - config options for chfn

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       passwd(5), login.defs(5)

AUTHOR    [Toc]    [Back]

       Julianne Frances Haugh ([email protected])



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