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1.1     ! root        1: .TH CHFN 1 "17 March 1982 deprecated"
        !             2: .UC 4
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: chfn \- change finger entry
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B chfn
        !             7: [loginname]
        !             8: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             9: .I Chfn
        !            10: is used to change information about users.  This information is used
        !            11: by the finger program, among others.
        !            12: It consists of the user's
        !            13: "real life" name, office number, office phone number, and home
        !            14: phone number.
        !            15: .I Chfn
        !            16: prompts the user for each field.
        !            17: Included in the prompt is a default value,
        !            18: which is enclosed between brackets.
        !            19: The default value is accepted simply by typing <return>.
        !            20: To enter a blank field,
        !            21: type the word 'none'.
        !            22: Below is a sample run:
        !            23: .IP
        !            24: .B "Name [Biff Studsworth II]:"
        !            25: .br
        !            26: .B "Office number (Exs: 597E or 197C) []:"
        !            27: 521E
        !            28: .br
        !            29: .B "Office Phone (Ex: 1632) []:"
        !            30: 1863
        !            31: .br
        !            32: .B "Home Phone (Ex: 987532) [5771546]:"
        !            33: none
        !            34: .sp
        !            35: .PP
        !            36: .I Chfn
        !            37: allows phone numbers to be entered with or without hyphens.
        !            38: .PP
        !            39: It is a good idea to run finger after running
        !            40: .I chfn
        !            41: to make sure everything is the way you want it.
        !            42: .PP
        !            43: The optional argument
        !            44: .B loginname
        !            45: is used to change another person's finger information.
        !            46: This can only be done by the super-user.
        !            47: .SH FILES
        !            48: /etc/passwd, /etc/ptmp
        !            49: .SH SEE\ ALSO
        !            50: finger(1), passwd(5)
        !            51: .SH BUGS
        !            52: For historical reasons, the user's name, etc are stored in the passwd file.
        !            53: This is a bad place to store the information. 
        !            54: Rumors are that a data base is being developed to store this information,
        !            55: but don't hold your breath.
        !            56: .PP
        !            57: Because two users may try to write the passwd file at once, a synchronization
        !            58: method was developed.
        !            59: On rare occasions, a message that the password file
        !            60: is "busy" will be printed.
        !            61: In this case,
        !            62: .I chfn
        !            63: sleeps for a while and then tries to write to the passwd file again.

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