Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!ucsd!ucbvax!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!mcsun!ukc!educ-isis!teexand From: teexand@ioe.lon.ac.uk (Andrew Dawson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin Subject: Re: chfn...can I?? Message-ID: <1991Apr3.161841.26270@ioe.lon.ac.uk> Date: 3 Apr 91 16:18:41 GMT References: Reply-To: andrew@uxm.sm.ucl.ac.uk Organization: Institute of Education, University of London Lines: 15 In shahryar@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. -- Andrew Dawson, Computer Centre, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, England. JANET: ccaaand@uk.ac.ucl EARN/BITNET: ccaaand@ucl.ac.uk INTERNET: ccaaand%ucl.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk UUCP: ...!ukc!ucl.ac.uk!ccaaand