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How can I change the name in the 'finger' information?

anybody has an idea?
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     $HOME/.plan
           user's plan

     $HOME/.project
           user's projects

     /etc/default/finger
           finger options file

     /etc/passwd
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so, which one should I amend?

/etc/default/finger?

but I cannot make a file in the default directory, because of limited permission.

and how do I do that?
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