chfn...can I??

[Andrew Dawson]

In <SHAHRYAR.91Mar29123159 at sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu> shahryar at sfsuvax1.SFSU.EDU (Persian Nightmare) writes:

>In chfn, could I turn off the ability to change the REAL name unless done
>bye a superuser??  How is it possible??

This may be a bit difficult without source code changes. You might be able to
disable the chfn command entirely just by changing its permissions. Note,
however, on some systems that chfn, chsh and passwd are all links to the same
binary, so a user might still be able to use passwd -f if you disable chfn.

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