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[Discuss] Dropping obsolete commands (Linux Pocket Guide)

On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 09:08:44PM -0500, Chuck Anderson wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 07:15:26PM -0500, Daniel Barrett wrote:
> > As for the rest of the commands I asked about, I plan to drop finger
> > and chfn
> 
> Other than chfn, how do people usually change their Full Name in
> /etc/passwd?

usermod comes along with useradd and userdel. Being able to
supply everything on the command line (including a password
hash) is a great improvement over interactive commands.

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