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CHFN(1)				 User Commands			       CHFN(1)

NAME
       chfn - change your finger information

SYNOPSIS
       chfn  [-f full-name] [-o office] ,RB [ -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.

       chfn supports non-local entries (kerberos, LDAP, etc.) if  linked  with
       libuser,	 otherwise  use	 ypchsh, lchsh or any other implementation for
       non-local entries.

   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, chfn enters
       interactive mode.

   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.

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.

EXIT STATUS
       Returns 0 if operation was successful, 1 if operation failed or command
       syntax was not valid.

SEE ALSO
       finger(1), passwd(5)

AUTHOR
       Salvatore Valente <svalente@mit.edu>

AVAILABILITY
       The  chfn  command  is  part of the util-linux package and is available
       from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.

util-linux			   July 2009			       CHFN(1)

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