lchfn(1)							     lchfn(1)



NAME
       lchfn - Change finger information


SYNOPSIS
       lchfn [OPTION]... [user]


DESCRIPTION
       Displays	 and allows changing information about user that is available
       using the finger(1) command (usually stored in the  "gecos"  field  of
       /etc/passwd).

       If the user argument is not provided, username of the invoking user is
       used; the user argument is ignored if lchfn is run set-uid to  a	 dif-
       ferent user.

       Entering	 an  empty  string  (by pressing Enter) at a prompt is inter-
       preted as accepting a default value; to erase an attribute (or to  use
       an empty string as the attribute value), enter a single dot character.


OPTIONS
       -i, --interactive
	      Ask all questions when connecting to the user database, even if
	      default answers are set up in libuser configuration.


EXIT STATUS
       The exit status is 0 on success, 1 on error.



libuser				 Sep 20 2004			     lchfn(1)

UNIX/Linux commands referenced on this page:

1. finger
2. at
3. as