lchfn - Change finger information
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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.
Exit Status
The exit status is 0 on success, 1 on error.
libuser Sep 20 2004 lchfn(1)
Name
lchfn - Change finger information
Options
-i, --interactive
Ask all questions when connecting to the user database, even if default answers are set up in
libuser configuration.
Synopsis
lchfn [OPTION]... [user]
