Section (1) chfn
Name
chfn — change your finger information
Synopsis
chfn
[ −f
full−name ] [ −o
office ] [ −p
office−phone ] [
−h
home−phone ]
[−u
] [−v
] [username]
DESCRIPTION
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.
chfn supports non-local entries (kerberos, LDAP, etc.) if linked with libuser, otherwise use ypchfn, lchfn or any other implementation for non-local entries.
OPTIONS
−f, −−full−name
full−name
-
Specify your real name.
−o, −−office
office
-
Specify your office room number.
−p, −−office−phone
office−phone
-
Specify your office phone number.
−h, −−home−phone
home−phone
-
Specify your home phone number.
−u, −−help
-
Display help text and exit.
−v, −−version
-
Display version information and exit.
CONFIG FILE ITEMS
chfn reads
the /etc/login.defs
) configuration
file. Note that the configuration file could be distributed
with another package (e.g. shadow-utils). The following
configuration items are relevant for chfn(1):(5
CHFN_RESTRICT
string
Indicate which fields are changeable by chfn.
The boolean setting yes means that only the Office, Office Phone and Home Phone fields are changeable, and boolean setting no means that also the Full Name is changeable.
Another way to specify changeable fields is by abbreviations: f = Full Name, r = Office (room), w = Office (work) Phone, h = Home Phone. For example, CHFN_RESTRICT wh allows changing work and home phone numbers.
If CHFN_RESTRICT is undefined, then all finger information is read-only. This is the default.
EXIT STATUS
Returns 0 if operation was successful, 1 if operation failed or command syntax was not valid.
AVAILABILITY
The chfn command is part of the util-linux package and is available from https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.
chfn.1 -- change your finger information (c) 1994 by salvatore valente <svalenteathena.mit.edu> This program is free software. You can redistribute it and modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License. There is no warranty. |