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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+ Copyright (c) 1990 - 1994, Julianne Frances Haugh
+ Copyright (c) 2007 - 2011, Nicolas François
+ All rights reserved.
+
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+ modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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+ 3. The name of the copyright holders or contributors may not be used to
+ endorse or promote products derived from this software without
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+
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+-->
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.5//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
+<!ENTITY CHFN_AUTH SYSTEM "login.defs.d/CHFN_AUTH.xml">
+<!ENTITY CHFN_RESTRICT SYSTEM "login.defs.d/CHFN_RESTRICT.xml">
+<!ENTITY LOGIN_STRING SYSTEM "login.defs.d/LOGIN_STRING.xml">
+<!-- SHADOW-CONFIG-HERE -->
+]>
+<refentry id='chfn.1'>
+ <!-- $Id$ -->
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <author>
+ <firstname>Julianne Frances</firstname>
+ <surname>Haugh</surname>
+ <contrib>Creation, 1990</contrib>
+ </author>
+ <author>
+ <firstname>Thomas</firstname>
+ <surname>Kłoczko</surname>
+ <email>kloczek@pld.org.pl</email>
+ <contrib>shadow-utils maintainer, 2000 - 2007</contrib>
+ </author>
+ <author>
+ <firstname>Nicolas</firstname>
+ <surname>François</surname>
+ <email>nicolas.francois@centraliens.net</email>
+ <contrib>shadow-utils maintainer, 2007 - now</contrib>
+ </author>
+ </refentryinfo>
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>chfn</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+ <refmiscinfo class="sectdesc">User Commands</refmiscinfo>
+ <refmiscinfo class="source">shadow-utils</refmiscinfo>
+ <refmiscinfo class="version">&SHADOW_UTILS_VERSION;</refmiscinfo>
+ </refmeta>
+ <refnamediv id='name'>
+ <refname>chfn</refname>
+ <refpurpose>change real user name and information</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv id='synopsis'>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>chfn</command>
+ <arg choice='opt'>
+ <replaceable>options</replaceable>
+ </arg>
+ <arg choice='opt'>
+ <replaceable>LOGIN</replaceable>
+ </arg>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1 id='description'>
+ <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
+ <para>
+ The <command>chfn</command> command changes user fullname,
+ office room number, office phone number, and home phone number information
+ for a user's account. This information is typically printed by
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>finger</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry> and similar programs. A normal user may only change
+ the fields for her own account, subject to the restrictions in
+ <filename>/etc/login.defs</filename>. (The default configuration is to
+ prevent users from changing their fullname.) The superuser may change
+ any field for any account. Additionally, only the superuser may use
+ the <option>-o</option> option to change the undefined portions of the
+ GECOS field.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ These fields must not contain any colons. Except for the
+ <emphasis remap='I'>other</emphasis> field, they should not contain
+ any comma or equal sign. It is also recommended to avoid
+ non-US-ASCII characters, but this is only enforced for the phone
+ numbers. The <emphasis remap='I'>other</emphasis> field is used to
+ store accounting information used by other applications.
+ </para>
+
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 id='options'>
+ <title>OPTIONS</title>
+ <para>
+ The options which apply to the <command>chfn</command> command are:
+ </para>
+ <variablelist remap='IP'>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <option>-f</option>, <option>--full-name</option>&nbsp;<replaceable>FULL_NAME</replaceable>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Change the user's full name.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <option>-h</option>, <option>--home-phone</option>&nbsp;<replaceable>HOME_PHONE</replaceable>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Change the user's home phone number.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <option>-o</option>, <option>--other</option>&nbsp;<replaceable>OTHER</replaceable>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Change the user's other GECOS information. This field is used to
+ store accounting information used by other applications, and can
+ be changed only by a superuser.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <option>-r</option>, <option>--room</option>&nbsp;<replaceable>ROOM_NUMBER</replaceable>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Change the user's room number.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <option>-R</option>, <option>--root</option>&nbsp;<replaceable>CHROOT_DIR</replaceable>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Apply changes in the <replaceable>CHROOT_DIR</replaceable>
+ directory and use the configuration files from the
+ <replaceable>CHROOT_DIR</replaceable> directory.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <option>-u</option>, <option>--help</option>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Display help message and exit.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <option>-w</option>, <option>--work-phone</option>&nbsp;<replaceable>WORK_PHONE</replaceable>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Change the user's office phone number.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ <para>
+ If none of the options are selected, <command>chfn</command>
+ operates in an interactive fashion, prompting the user with the
+ current values for all of the fields. Enter the new value to change
+ the field, or leave the line blank to use the current value. The
+ current value is displayed between a pair of <emphasis remap='B'>[
+ ]</emphasis> marks. Without options, <command>chfn</command>
+ prompts for the current user account.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 id='configuration'>
+ <title>CONFIGURATION</title>
+ <para>
+ The following configuration variables in
+ <filename>/etc/login.defs</filename> change the behavior of this
+ tool:
+ </para>
+ <variablelist>
+ &CHFN_AUTH;
+ &CHFN_RESTRICT;
+ &LOGIN_STRING;
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 id='files'>
+ <title>FILES</title>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><filename>/etc/login.defs</filename></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Shadow password suite configuration.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><filename>/etc/passwd</filename></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>User account information.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 id='see_also'>
+ <title>SEE ALSO</title>
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>chsh</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>login.defs</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>passwd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry>