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-GCOS job number, box number, optional GCOS user-id
+user's real name, office, extension, home phone.
+The name may contain `&', meaning insert the login name.
+This information is set by the
+.IR chfn (1)
+command and used by the
+.IR finger (1)
+command.
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This is an ASCII file. Each field within each user's entry
is separated from the next by a colon.
-The GCOS field is used only when communicating with that
-system, and in other installations can contain
-any desired information.
Each user is separated from the next by a new-line.
If the password field is null, no password is demanded;
if the Shell field is null, the Shell itself
.SH FILES
/etc/passwd
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-getpwent(3), login(1), crypt(3), passwd(1), group(5)
+getpwent(3), login(1), crypt(3), passwd(1), group(5), chfn(1), finger(1)