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command changes user fullname, office room number, office phone number, and home phone number information for a user\*(Aqs account\&. This information is typically printed by
\fBfinger\fR(1)
and similar programs\&. A normal user may only change the fields for her own account, subject to the restrictions in
/etc/login\&.defs\&. (The default configuration is to prevent users from changing their fullname\&.) The superuser may change any field for any account\&. Additionally, only the superuser may use the
\fB\-o\fR
option to change the undefined portions of the GECOS field\&.
.PP
These fields must not contain any colons\&. Except for the
\fIother\fR
field, they should not contain any comma or equal sign\&. It is also recommended to avoid non\-US\-ASCII characters, but this is only enforced for the phone numbers\&. The
\fIother\fR
field is used to store accounting information used by other applications\&.
Change the user\*(Aqs other GECOS information\&. This field is used to store accounting information used by other applications, and can be changed only by a superuser\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-room\fR\ \&\fIROOM_NUMBER\fR
.RS 4
Change the user\*(Aqs room number\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-R\fR, \fB\-\-root\fR\ \&\fICHROOT_DIR\fR
.RS 4
Apply changes in the
\fICHROOT_DIR\fR
directory and use the configuration files from the
operates in an interactive fashion, prompting the user with the current values for all of the fields\&. Enter the new value to change the field, or leave the line blank to use the current value\&. The current value is displayed between a pair of
\fB[ ]\fR
marks\&. Without options,
\fBchfn\fR
prompts for the current user account\&.
.SH "CONFIGURATION"
.PP
The following configuration variables in
/etc/login\&.defs
change the behavior of this tool:
.PP
\fBCHFN_RESTRICT\fR (string)
.RS 4
This parameter specifies which values in the
\fIgecos\fR
field of the
/etc/passwd
file may be changed by regular users using the
\fBchfn\fR
program\&. It can be any combination of letters
\fIf\fR,
\fIr\fR,
\fIw\fR,
\fIh\fR, for Full name, Room number, Work phone, and Home phone, respectively\&. For backward compatibility,
\fIyes\fR
is equivalent to
\fIrwh\fR
and
\fIno\fR
is equivalent to
\fIfrwh\fR\&. If not specified, only the superuser can make any changes\&. The most restrictive setting is better achieved by not installing
\fBchfn\fR
SUID\&.
.RE
.SH "FILES"
.PP
/etc/login\&.defs
.RS 4
Shadow password suite configuration\&.
.RE
.PP
/etc/passwd
.RS 4
User account information\&.
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/true>
.PP
\fBchsh\fR(1),
\fBlogin.defs\fR(5),
\fBpasswd\fR(5)\&.
]]><!--
--></echo>
@@ -692,43 +783,124 @@ Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/true>
vipw, vigr \- edit the password, group, shadow\-password or shadow\-group file
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBvipw\fR\ 'u
\fBvipw\fR [\fIoptions\fR]
.HP \w'\fBvigr\fR\ 'u
\fBvigr\fR [\fIoptions\fR]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
The
\fBvipw\fR
and
\fBvigr\fR
commands edits the files
/etc/passwd
and
/etc/group, respectively\&. With the
\fB\-s\fR
flag, they will edit the shadow versions of those files,
/etc/shadow
and
/etc/gshadow, respectively\&. The programs will set the appropriate locks to prevent file corruption\&. When looking for an editor, the programs will first try the environment variable
\fB$VISUAL\fR, then the environment variable
\fB$EDITOR\fR, and finally the default editor,
\fBvi\fR(1)\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
The options which apply to the
\fBvipw\fR
and
\fBvigr\fR
commands are:
.PP
\fB\-g\fR, \fB\-\-group\fR
.RS 4
Edit group database\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
.RS 4
Display help message and exit\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-passwd\fR
.RS 4
Edit passwd database\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR
.RS 4
Quiet mode\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-R\fR, \fB\-\-root\fR\ \&\fICHROOT_DIR\fR
.RS 4
Apply changes in the
\fICHROOT_DIR\fR
directory and use the configuration files from the
\fICHROOT_DIR\fR
directory\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-shadow\fR
.RS 4
Edit shadow or gshadow database\&.
.RE
.SH "ENVIRONMENT"
.PP
\fBVISUAL\fR
.RS 4
Editor to be used\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBEDITOR\fR
.RS 4
Editor to be used if
\fBVISUAL\fR
is not set\&.
.RE
.SH "FILES"
.PP
/etc/group
.RS 4
Group account information\&.
.RE
.PP
/etc/gshadow
.RS 4
Secure group account information\&.
.RE
.PP
/etc/passwd
.RS 4
User account information\&.
.RE
.PP
/etc/shadow
.RS 4
Secure user account information\&.
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/false>
.PP
\fBvi\fR(1),
\fBgroup\fR(5),
\fBgshadow\fR(5)
,
\fBpasswd\fR(5), ,
\fBshadow\fR(5)\&.
]]><!--
--></echo>
@@ -747,43 +919,124 @@ Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/false>
vipw, vigr \- edit the password, group, shadow\-password or shadow\-group file
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBvipw\fR\ 'u
\fBvipw\fR [\fIoptions\fR]
.HP \w'\fBvigr\fR\ 'u
\fBvigr\fR [\fIoptions\fR]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
The
\fBvipw\fR
and
\fBvigr\fR
commands edits the files
/etc/passwd
and
/etc/group, respectively\&. With the
\fB\-s\fR
flag, they will edit the shadow versions of those files,
/etc/shadow
and
/etc/gshadow, respectively\&. The programs will set the appropriate locks to prevent file corruption\&. When looking for an editor, the programs will first try the environment variable
\fB$VISUAL\fR, then the environment variable
\fB$EDITOR\fR, and finally the default editor,
\fBvi\fR(1)\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
The options which apply to the
\fBvipw\fR
and
\fBvigr\fR
commands are:
.PP
\fB\-g\fR, \fB\-\-group\fR
.RS 4
Edit group database\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
.RS 4
Display help message and exit\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-passwd\fR
.RS 4
Edit passwd database\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR
.RS 4
Quiet mode\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-R\fR, \fB\-\-root\fR\ \&\fICHROOT_DIR\fR
.RS 4
Apply changes in the
\fICHROOT_DIR\fR
directory and use the configuration files from the
\fICHROOT_DIR\fR
directory\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-shadow\fR
.RS 4
Edit shadow or gshadow database\&.
.RE
.SH "ENVIRONMENT"
.PP
\fBVISUAL\fR
.RS 4
Editor to be used\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBEDITOR\fR
.RS 4
Editor to be used if
\fBVISUAL\fR
is not set\&.
.RE
.SH "FILES"
.PP
/etc/group
.RS 4
Group account information\&.
.RE
.PP
/etc/gshadow
.RS 4
Secure group account information\&.
.RE
.PP
/etc/passwd
.RS 4
User account information\&.
.RE
.PP
/etc/shadow
.RS 4
Secure user account information\&.
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/false>
.PP
\fBvi\fR(1),
\fBgroup\fR(5),
\fBgshadow\fR(5)
,
\fBpasswd\fR(5), ,
\fBshadow\fR(5)\&.
]]><!--
--></echo>
@@ -804,83 +1057,255 @@ Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/false>
command changes user fullname, office room number, office phone number, and home phone number information for a user\*(Aqs account\&. This information is typically printed by
\fBfinger\fR(1)
and similar programs\&. A normal user may only change the fields for her own account, subject to the restrictions in
/etc/login\&.defs\&. (The default configuration is to prevent users from changing their fullname\&.) The superuser may change any field for any account\&. Additionally, only the superuser may use the
\fB\-o\fR
option to change the undefined portions of the GECOS field\&.
.PP
These fields must not contain any colons\&. Except for the
\fIother\fR
field, they should not contain any comma or equal sign\&. It is also recommended to avoid non\-US\-ASCII characters, but this is only enforced for the phone numbers\&. The
\fIother\fR
field is used to store accounting information used by other applications\&.
Change the user\*(Aqs other GECOS information\&. This field is used to store accounting information used by other applications, and can be changed only by a superuser\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-room\fR\ \&\fIROOM_NUMBER\fR
.RS 4
Change the user\*(Aqs room number\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-R\fR, \fB\-\-root\fR\ \&\fICHROOT_DIR\fR
.RS 4
Apply changes in the
\fICHROOT_DIR\fR
directory and use the configuration files from the
operates in an interactive fashion, prompting the user with the current values for all of the fields\&. Enter the new value to change the field, or leave the line blank to use the current value\&. The current value is displayed between a pair of
\fB[ ]\fR
marks\&. Without options,
\fBchfn\fR
prompts for the current user account\&.
.SH "CONFIGURATION"
.PP
The following configuration variables in
/etc/login\&.defs
change the behavior of this tool:
.PP
\fBCHFN_RESTRICT\fR (string)
.RS 4
This parameter specifies which values in the
\fIgecos\fR
field of the
/etc/passwd
file may be changed by regular users using the
\fBchfn\fR
program\&. It can be any combination of letters
\fIf\fR,
\fIr\fR,
\fIw\fR,
\fIh\fR, for Full name, Room number, Work phone, and Home phone, respectively\&. For backward compatibility,
\fIyes\fR
is equivalent to
\fIrwh\fR
and
\fIno\fR
is equivalent to
\fIfrwh\fR\&. If not specified, only the superuser can make any changes\&. The most restrictive setting is better achieved by not installing
\fBchfn\fR
SUID\&.
.RE
.SH "FILES"
.PP
/etc/login\&.defs
.RS 4
Shadow password suite configuration\&.
.RE
.PP
/etc/passwd
.RS 4
User account information\&.
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/true>
vipw, vigr \- edit the password, group, shadow\-password or shadow\-group file
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBvipw\fR\ 'u
\fBvipw\fR [\fIoptions\fR]
.HP \w'\fBvigr\fR\ 'u
\fBvigr\fR [\fIoptions\fR]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
The
\fBvipw\fR
and
\fBvigr\fR
commands edits the files
/etc/passwd
and
/etc/group, respectively\&. With the
\fB\-s\fR
flag, they will edit the shadow versions of those files,
/etc/shadow
and
/etc/gshadow, respectively\&. The programs will set the appropriate locks to prevent file corruption\&. When looking for an editor, the programs will first try the environment variable
\fB$VISUAL\fR, then the environment variable
\fB$EDITOR\fR, and finally the default editor,
\fBvi\fR(1)\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
The options which apply to the
\fBvipw\fR
and
\fBvigr\fR
commands are:
.PP
\fB\-g\fR, \fB\-\-group\fR
.RS 4
Edit group database\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
.RS 4
Display help message and exit\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-passwd\fR
.RS 4
Edit passwd database\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR
.RS 4
Quiet mode\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-R\fR, \fB\-\-root\fR\ \&\fICHROOT_DIR\fR
.RS 4
Apply changes in the
\fICHROOT_DIR\fR
directory and use the configuration files from the
\fICHROOT_DIR\fR
directory\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-shadow\fR
.RS 4
Edit shadow or gshadow database\&.
.RE
.SH "ENVIRONMENT"
.PP
\fBVISUAL\fR
.RS 4
Editor to be used\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBEDITOR\fR
.RS 4
Editor to be used if
\fBVISUAL\fR
is not set\&.
.RE
.SH "FILES"
.PP
/etc/group
.RS 4
Group account information\&.
.RE
.PP
/etc/gshadow
.RS 4
Secure group account information\&.
.RE
.PP
/etc/passwd
.RS 4
User account information\&.
.RE
.PP
/etc/shadow
.RS 4
Secure user account information\&.
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/false>
command changes user fullname, office room number, office phone number, and home phone number information for a user\*(Aqs account\&. This information is typically printed by
\fBfinger\fR(1)
and similar programs\&. A normal user may only change the fields for her own account, subject to the restrictions in
/etc/login\&.defs\&. (The default configuration is to prevent users from changing their fullname\&.) The superuser may change any field for any account\&. Additionally, only the superuser may use the
\fB\-o\fR
option to change the undefined portions of the GECOS field\&.
.PP
NOTE: your shell may have its own version of true, which usually supersedes
the version described here. Please refer to your shell's documentation
for details about the options it supports.
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Jim Meyering.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
.br
Report true translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
.br
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
These fields must not contain any colons\&. Except for the
\fIother\fR
field, they should not contain any comma or equal sign\&. It is also recommended to avoid non\-US\-ASCII characters, but this is only enforced for the phone numbers\&. The
\fIother\fR
field is used to store accounting information used by other applications\&.
Change the user\*(Aqs other GECOS information\&. This field is used to store accounting information used by other applications, and can be changed only by a superuser\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-room\fR\ \&\fIROOM_NUMBER\fR
.RS 4
Change the user\*(Aqs room number\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-R\fR, \fB\-\-root\fR\ \&\fICHROOT_DIR\fR
.RS 4
Apply changes in the
\fICHROOT_DIR\fR
directory and use the configuration files from the
operates in an interactive fashion, prompting the user with the current values for all of the fields\&. Enter the new value to change the field, or leave the line blank to use the current value\&. The current value is displayed between a pair of
\fB[ ]\fR
marks\&. Without options,
\fBchfn\fR
prompts for the current user account\&.
.SH "CONFIGURATION"
.PP
The following configuration variables in
/etc/login\&.defs
change the behavior of this tool:
.PP
\fBCHFN_RESTRICT\fR (string)
.RS 4
This parameter specifies which values in the
\fIgecos\fR
field of the
/etc/passwd
file may be changed by regular users using the
\fBchfn\fR
program\&. It can be any combination of letters
\fIf\fR,
\fIr\fR,
\fIw\fR,
\fIh\fR, for Full name, Room number, Work phone, and Home phone, respectively\&. For backward compatibility,
\fIyes\fR
is equivalent to
\fIrwh\fR
and
\fIno\fR
is equivalent to
\fIfrwh\fR\&. If not specified, only the superuser can make any changes\&. The most restrictive setting is better achieved by not installing
\fBchfn\fR
SUID\&.
.RE
.SH "FILES"
.PP
/etc/login\&.defs
.RS 4
Shadow password suite configuration\&.
.RE
.PP
/etc/passwd
.RS 4
User account information\&.
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/true>
vipw, vigr \- edit the password, group, shadow\-password or shadow\-group file
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBvipw\fR\ 'u
\fBvipw\fR [\fIoptions\fR]
.HP \w'\fBvigr\fR\ 'u
\fBvigr\fR [\fIoptions\fR]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Exit with a status code indicating failure.
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
The
\fBvipw\fR
and
\fBvigr\fR
commands edits the files
/etc/passwd
and
/etc/group, respectively\&. With the
\fB\-s\fR
flag, they will edit the shadow versions of those files,
/etc/shadow
and
/etc/gshadow, respectively\&. The programs will set the appropriate locks to prevent file corruption\&. When looking for an editor, the programs will first try the environment variable
\fB$VISUAL\fR, then the environment variable
\fB$EDITOR\fR, and finally the default editor,
\fBvi\fR(1)\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
NOTE: your shell may have its own version of false, which usually supersedes
the version described here. Please refer to your shell's documentation
for details about the options it supports.
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Jim Meyering.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
.br
Report false translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
.br
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
The options which apply to the
\fBvipw\fR
and
\fBvigr\fR
commands are:
.PP
\fB\-g\fR, \fB\-\-group\fR
.RS 4
Edit group database\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
.RS 4
Display help message and exit\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-passwd\fR
.RS 4
Edit passwd database\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR
.RS 4
Quiet mode\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-R\fR, \fB\-\-root\fR\ \&\fICHROOT_DIR\fR
.RS 4
Apply changes in the
\fICHROOT_DIR\fR
directory and use the configuration files from the
\fICHROOT_DIR\fR
directory\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-shadow\fR
.RS 4
Edit shadow or gshadow database\&.
.RE
.SH "ENVIRONMENT"
.PP
\fBVISUAL\fR
.RS 4
Editor to be used\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBEDITOR\fR
.RS 4
Editor to be used if
\fBVISUAL\fR
is not set\&.
.RE
.SH "FILES"
.PP
/etc/group
.RS 4
Group account information\&.
.RE
.PP
/etc/gshadow
.RS 4
Secure group account information\&.
.RE
.PP
/etc/passwd
.RS 4
User account information\&.
.RE
.PP
/etc/shadow
.RS 4
Secure user account information\&.
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/false>
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