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lchfn - Unix, Linux Command
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 different user.
Entering an empty string (by pressing Enter) at a prompt
is interpreted 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
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-i, --interactive
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Ask all questions when connecting to the user database,
even if default answers are set up in
libuser configuration.
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EXIT STATUS
The exit status is 0 on success, 1 on error.
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