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From: sryashur@sprint.uccs.edu (Surf-Kahuna)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Users can't chfn?
Date: 14 Jul 1995 00:56:48 GMT
Organization: University of Colorado at Boulder
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[ Article crossposted from info.bsdi.users ]
[ Author was Surf-Kahuna (sryashur@sprint.uccs.edu) ]
[ Posted on 14 Jul 1995 00:54:35 GMT ]

	Having kind of a strange problem. It seems that none of ther
	users can change their finger information (chfn)....
	Each time it's typed in, it comes right back saying 
	chfn: no changes made.

	I've installed all of the patches, so passwd works fine, and
	am at a loss as to what to try next.


						-Steve