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.TH CHFN 1 "Jan 03 1998" "PAM + PWDB applications" "User utilities"
.SH NAME
chfn \- change your finger information
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B chfn
[\ \-f\ full-name\ ] [\ \-o\ office\ ] [\ \-p\ office-phone\ ]
[\ \-h\ home-phone\ ] [\ \-O\ other-information\ ] 
[\ \-u\ ] [\ \-v\ ] [\ username\ ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B chfn
is used to change your finger information.  This information is
stored in the
.I /etc/passwd
file, and is displayed by the
.B finger
program.  The Linux
.B finger
command will display four pieces of information that can be changed by
.B chfn
: your real name, your work room and phone, and your home phone.
.SS COMMAND LINE
Any of the four pieces of information can be specified on the command
line.  If no information is given on the command line,
.B chfn
enters interactive mode.
.SS INTERACTIVE MODE
In interactive mode,
.B 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 a single
space when prompted to make the field blank.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.I "\-f, \-\-full-name"
Specify your real name.
.TP
.I "\-o, \-\-office"
Specify your office room number.
.TP
.I "\-p, \-\-office-phone"
Specify your office phone number.
.TP
.I "\-h, \-\-home-phone"
Specify your home phone number.
.TP
.I "\-O, \-\-other"
Specify other information about this account, not fitting in one of the
above categories.
.TP
.I "\-u, \-\-help"
Print a usage message and exit.
.TP
.I "-v, \-\-version"
Print version information and exit.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR finger (1),
.BR passwd (5)
.SH AUTHOR
Cristian Gafton <gafton@redhat.com>. Man page derived from the one
included in util-linux, by Salvatore Valente <svalente@mit.edu>.