The chfn command runs an interactive process that enables you to set more personal information into your account. That way, when you run finger, you can get more detail. Run chfn on a command line without any options, as follows:
>chfn Changing finger information for rob. Password: ***** Enter the new value, or press ENTER for the default Full Name: Robert Shimonski Room Number: 13 Work Phone: (212)123-4567 Home Phone: (212)234-5678 Other: 0 Finger information changed.
Once you see “Finger information changed,” you can run finger again and view the changes that you made. Again, although this command is helpful, it's not often used in light of today's messaging applications and portable databases that can be accessed using mobile phones, pocket PCs, and so on.
So now that you know how to change your shell and alter your password and personal information, let's turn our attention to monitoring your Unix system. In the next section, we will cover a few commands that can help you manage Unix. They are date, uptime, and who.
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