67 lines
1.8 KiB
Groff
67 lines
1.8 KiB
Groff
.\"
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.\" chfn.1 -- change your finger information
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.\" (c) 1994 by salvatore valente <svalente@athena.mit.edu>
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.\"
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.\" this program is free software. you can redistribute it and
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.\" modify it under the terms of the gnu general public license.
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.\" there is no warranty.
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.\"
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.\" $Author: faith $
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.\" $Revision: 1.1 $
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.\" $Date: 1995/03/12 01:29:16 $
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.\"
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.TH CHFN 1 "October 13 1994" "chfn" "Linux Reference Manual"
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.SH NAME
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chfn \- change your finger information
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B chfn
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[\ \-f\ full-name\ ] [\ \-o\ office\ ] [\ \-p\ office-phone\ ]
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[\ \-h\ home-phone\ ] [\ \-u\ ] [\ \-v\ ] [\ username\ ]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B chfn
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is used to change your finger information. This information is
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stored in the
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.I /etc/passwd
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file, and is displayed by the
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.B finger
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program. The Linux
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.B finger
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command will display four pieces of information that can be changed by
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.B chfn
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: your real name, your work room and phone, and your home phone.
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.SS COMMAND LINE
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Any of the four pieces of information can be specified on the command
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line. If no information is given on the command line,
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.B chfn
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enters interactive mode.
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.SS INTERACTIVE MODE
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In interactive mode,
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.B chfn
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will prompt for each field. At a prompt, you can enter the new information,
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or just press return to leave the field unchanged. Enter the keyword
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"none" to make the field blank.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
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.I "\-f, \-\-full-name"
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Specify your real name.
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.TP
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.I "\-o, \-\-office"
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Specify your office room number.
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.TP
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.I "\-p, \-\-office-phone"
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Specify your office phone number.
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.TP
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.I "\-h, \-\-home-phone"
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Specify your home phone number.
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.TP
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.I "\-u, \-\-help"
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Print a usage message and exit.
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.TP
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.I "-v, \-\-version"
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Print version information and exit.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR finger (1),
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.BR passwd (5)
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.SH AUTHOR
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Salvatore Valente <svalente@mit.edu>
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