How to edit finger information

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Alok Singh Mahor

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Mar 17, 2009, 2:19:58 AM3/17/09
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Hi,
the command "finger username" gives the finger information. can I edit this finger information?
thanks in advance

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Sumantra Dutta Roy

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Mar 17, 2009, 2:24:36 AM3/17/09
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On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 11:49:58AM +0530, Alok Singh Mahor wrote:
> the command "finger username" gives the finger information. can I edit this
> finger information?

Alok, try chfn. You can put more information using a .plan file.
Cheers, Sumantra.
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pramodima

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Mar 20, 2009, 8:11:22 AM3/20/09
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For Details you can follow this link
http://linux.about.com/library/cmd/blcmdl1_chfn.htm








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