[Discuss] Dropping obsolete commands (Linux Pocket Guide)

[jack at coats.org (Jack Coats)]

The way things are done has changed over time.  sudo  wasn't around when
chfn was developed and became part of the standard command set.

It isn't bad, just different than newer individuals typically learn.

Overall, UNIX was a place to tring together lots of small programs into
scripts.  Most folk don't do that anymore, they tend to write monolithic
monsterpieces that depend of various libraries.

Neither is wrong, both are OK.  The winds of time and user perspective
dictate what is 'most efficient' for any given scenario.

Just my $0.02 quatloos.

On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 10:37 AM, Chuck Anderson <cra at wpi.edu> wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 09:01:19AM -0500, Bill Ricker wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 6:46 AM, Dan Ritter <dsr at randomstring.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > > > 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.
> >
> >
> > ?there's always 'sudo vipw'?
>
> Those two options don't work for a regular user to change their own
> Full Name.
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