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Allow non-US-ASCII characters in the GECOS fields ("name", "room number",

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and "other info" fields).
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2008-04-27 00:24:49 +00:00
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GECOS field.
</para>
<para>The only restriction placed on the contents of the fields is that
no control characters may be present, nor any of comma, colon, or
equal sign. The <emphasis remap='I'>other</emphasis> field does not
have this restriction, and is used to store accounting information
used by other applications.
<para>
These fields must not contain any colons. Except for the
<emphasis remap='I'>other</emphasis> field, they should not contain
any comma or equal sign. It is also recommended to avoid
non-US-ASCII characters, but this is only enforced for the phone
numbers. The <emphasis remap='I'>other</emphasis> field is used to
store accounting information used by other applications.
</para>
<para> If none of the options are selected, <command>chfn</command>
<para>
If none of the options are selected, <command>chfn</command>
operates in an interactive fashion, prompting the user with the
current values for all of the fields. Enter the new value to change
the field, or leave the line blank to use the current value. The