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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: .PP
                     53: Because two users may try to write the passwd file at once, a synchronization
                     54: method was developed.
                     55: On rare occasions, a message that the password file
                     56: is "busy" will be printed.
                     57: In this case,
                     58: .I chfn
                     59: sleeps for a while and then tries to write to the passwd file again.

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