| .\" |
| .\" chfn.1 -- change your finger information |
| .\" (c) 1994 by salvatore valente <svalente@athena.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. |
| .\" |
| .TH CHFN 1 "July 2014" "util-linux" "User Commands" |
| .SH NAME |
| chfn \- change your finger information |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B chfn |
| .RB [ \-f |
| .IR full-name ] |
| .RB [ \-o |
| .IR office ] |
| .RB [ \-p |
| .IR office-phone ] |
| .RB [ \-h |
| .IR home-phone ] |
| .RB [ \-u ] |
| .RB [ \-v ] |
| .RI [ 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 |
| .BR chfn : |
| your real name, your work room and phone, and your home phone. |
| .PP |
| 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. |
| .PP |
| 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 the keyword |
| "none" to make the field blank. |
| .PP |
| .B chfn |
| supports non-local entries (kerberos, LDAP, etc.\&) if linked with libuser, |
| otherwise use \fBypchfn\fR, \fBlchfn\fR or any other implementation for |
| non-local entries. |
| .SH OPTIONS |
| .TP |
| .BR \-f , " \-\-full\-name " \fIfull-name |
| Specify your real name. |
| .TP |
| .BR \-o , " \-\-office " \fIoffice |
| Specify your office room number. |
| .TP |
| .BR \-p , " \-\-office\-phone " \fIoffice-phone |
| Specify your office phone number. |
| .TP |
| .BR \-h , " \-\-home\-phone " \fIhome-phone |
| Specify your home phone number. |
| .TP |
| .BR \-u , " \-\-help" |
| Display help text and exit. |
| .TP |
| .BR \-v , " \-\-version" |
| Display version information and exit. |
| .SH "EXIT STATUS" |
| Returns 0 if operation was successful, 1 if operation failed or command syntax was not valid. |
| .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| .BR finger (1), |
| .BR passwd (5) |
| .SH AUTHOR |
| Salvatore Valente <svalente@mit.edu> |
| .SH AVAILABILITY |
| The chfn command is part of the util-linux package and is available from |
| ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/. |
