CHFN(1)                 GENIX Programmer's Manual                 CHFN(1)



      NAME
           chfn - change full name of user

      SYNOPSIS
           chfn name string

      DESCRIPTION
           Chfn is a command similar to passwd(1) except that  it  is  used  to
           change  the gcos field of the password file rather than the password
           entry.  Note that the string specified will replace the entire gecos
           field  of  the specified user.  If (as on the UCB system) this field
           contains information in addition  to  the  user's  full  name,  this
           information must be included in string or it will be deleted.  Hence
           chfn can be used to fix phone numbers, offices, etc.

           An example use of this command would be

                chfn mark '& Horton,508E,7686,5240633'

           Note that the string must in general be quoted to shield blanks  and
           special  characters from the shell.  The field should consist of the
           users name, followed by their office number, followed by the last  4
           digits  of  their  office  extension  and  finally  their home phone
           number.  Any of these can be omitted.  At UCB, offices can be  given
           as  ``508E''  for  508  Evans,  and  ``187MC'' for 187M Cory.  There
           should be no spaces in the entry except for those in your name.

           It is a good idea to run finger(1) on the user before and after chfn
           to make sure you have formatted the data correctly.

      SEE ALSO
           finger(1), passwd(5), chsh(1), passwd(1)

      AUTHOR
           Mark Horton

      BUGS
           The encoding of the office and extension information is installation
           dependent.

           A new user-information data base is in the works which will supplant
           this program; chfn's days are numbered.













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