| 1 | .TH CHFN 1 "1 Feb 1988" "Project Athena" |
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| 2 | \" RCSID: $Header: /afs/.athena.mit.edu/astaff/project/moiradev/repository/moira/man/chfn.1,v 1.7 1998-05-26 18:14:10 danw Exp $ |
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| 3 | .SH NAME |
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| 4 | chfn \- change finger information |
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| 5 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
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| 6 | .B chfn |
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| 7 | [ username ] |
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| 8 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
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| 9 | This command changes (or installs) |
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| 10 | the GECOS information field |
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| 11 | associated with |
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| 12 | .IR username |
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| 13 | (your own name by default). It also asks for some information not in |
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| 14 | the standard GECOS field, such as a nickname and home address. |
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| 15 | The GECOS information is the information shown by |
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| 16 | .I finger(1). |
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| 17 | .PP |
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| 18 | When invoked, |
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| 19 | .B chfn |
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| 20 | displays the current information as default values |
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| 21 | while prompting for any changes. |
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| 22 | The fields include a user's |
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| 23 | ``real life'' name, nickname, home address and phone number, |
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| 24 | office address and phone number, department and year. |
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| 25 | Included in each prompt is a default value, |
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| 26 | which is enclosed between brackets. |
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| 27 | The default value is accepted simply by typing a carriage |
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| 28 | return. To enter a blank field, the word ``none'' may |
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| 29 | be typed. Below is a sample run: |
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| 30 | .PP |
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| 31 | Info last changed on 22-mar-1988 15:13:33 by user studley using chfn |
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| 32 | .br |
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| 33 | Name [Biff Studsworth II]: |
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| 34 | .br |
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| 35 | Nickname [Studley]: |
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| 36 | .br |
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| 37 | Home address (Ex: EC Bemis 514) [New House 4-601]: |
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| 38 | .br |
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| 39 | Home phone number (Ex: 3141592) [225-1234]: |
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| 40 | .br |
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| 41 | Office address (Exs: E40-342 or 2-108) [E40-300M]: \fBE40-358M\fP |
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| 42 | .br |
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| 43 | Office phone (Ex: 3-7619) []: \fB1863\fP |
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| 44 | .br |
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| 45 | MIT department (Exs: 9, Biology, Information Services) [VI-3]: \fBnone\fP |
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| 46 | .br |
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| 47 | MIT year (Exs: 1989, '91, Faculty, Grad) ['90]: \fB\'91\fP |
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| 48 | .PP |
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| 49 | .I chfn |
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| 50 | allows phone numbers to be entered with or without hyphens. |
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| 51 | .PP |
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| 52 | Note that the changes will not show up with |
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| 53 | .I finger |
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| 54 | until the day after the database has been changed. |
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| 55 | .PP |
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| 56 | Users may only change their own information unless they are |
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| 57 | Moira database administrators. |
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| 58 | .SH AUTHOR |
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| 59 | Emanuel 'Jay' Berkenbilt |
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| 60 | .SH "SEE ALSO" |
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| 61 | moira(1), finger(1) |
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