Change information for the user on Linux machine.

2009-12-19 58 words 1 min read

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.


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Authored By Amit Agarwal

Amit Agarwal, Linux and Photography are my hobbies.Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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