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