Re: Versions of chfn

[gk4@us.ibm.com]

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Debian's "other" does not appear to follow the GECOS properties.

http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/cgi-bin/man-cgi?passwd+4

George Kraft IV
gk4@austin.ibm.com
IBM Linux Technology Center
FSG's Linux Standard Base

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Subject:        Versions of chfn




I'm working my way through documenting the commands required by the
LSB. There appear to be at least two versions of chfn in use which
take different (conflicting) parameters.

Debian:

chfn [-f full_name] [-r room_no]
     [-w work_ph] [-h home_ph] [-o other] [user]

Red Hat:

chfn [ -f full-name ]     [ -o office ]    [ -p office-phone ]
     [ -h home-phone ] [ -u ] [ -v ] [ username ]

I'm inclined to use the former. It is included in the shadow package
from which the useradd, usermod, groupadd, etc tools come from. It
also appears to be more configurable. Does anyone have any major
objections?

We have to decide on one of them (or a compatible subset).

Chris.
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Debian's &quot;other&quot; does not
appear to follow the GECOS properties.</font>
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IBM Linux Technology Center<br>
FSG's Linux Standard Base<br>
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<br><font size=2><tt>I'm working my way through documenting the commands
required by the<br>
LSB. There appear to be at least two versions of chfn in use which<br>
take different (conflicting) parameters.<br>
</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>Debian:<br>
</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>chfn [-f full_name] [-r room_no]<br>
 &nbsp; &nbsp; [-w work_ph] [-h home_ph] [-o other] [user]<br>
</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>Red Hat:<br>
</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>chfn [ -f full-name ] &nbsp; &nbsp; [ -o office ]
&nbsp; &nbsp;[ -p office-phone ]<br>
 &nbsp; &nbsp; [ -h home-phone ] [ -u ] [ -v ] [ username ]<br>
</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>I'm inclined to use the former. It is included in the
shadow package<br>
from which the useradd, usermod, groupadd, etc tools come from. It<br>
also appears to be more configurable. Does anyone have any major<br>
objections?<br>
</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>We have to decide on one of them (or a compatible
subset).<br>
</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>Chris.<br>
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cyeoh@linuxcare.com.au<br>
Support Open Source Ice-Cream<br>
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