chfn – Change finger information

2010-02-04 1 min read Linux
Finger is a nifty nice utility to get the information on the user. A sample output of the command is as below: -0-(ak) ~ > finger ak Login: ak Name: Amit Agarwal Directory: /home/amitag Shell: /bin/bash Office: MGL On since Sun Oct 19 13:50 (IST) on tty7 from :0 On since Sun Oct 19 13:50 (IST) on pts/0 from :0.0 No mail. No Plan. All this information can be changed with the command chfn. Continue reading

Change information for the user on Linux machine.

2009-12-19 1 min read Linux
Today I have couple of hours to spare and thus thought might as well spend it on my blog. The finger command in *nix systems is used to display the information on the users. This information is taken from the /etc/passwd file. You can use the chfn command to change the information. Man page for <a href="http://amit.themafia.info/phpMan.php?parameter=chfn&mode=man" target="_blank">chfn.