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Diffstat (limited to 'man5')
| -rw-r--r-- | man5/hosts.equiv.5 | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | man5/proc.5 | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | man5/resolv.conf.5 | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | man5/utmp.5 | 5 |
4 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/man5/hosts.equiv.5 b/man5/hosts.equiv.5 index 85b867ce4a..dfee023501 100644 --- a/man5/hosts.equiv.5 +++ b/man5/hosts.equiv.5 @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ \fBr\fP command access to your system .SH DESCRIPTION The \fBhosts.equiv\fP file allows or denies hosts and users to use -the \fBr\fP-commands (e.g. \fBrlogin\fP, \fBrsh\fP or \fBrcp\fP) without +the \fBr\fP-commands (e.g., \fBrlogin\fP, \fBrsh\fP or \fBrcp\fP) without supplying a password. .PP The file uses the following format: @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ character which means "any host" when the word .I promiscuous is added to the auth component line in your PAM file for the particular service -.RB "(e.g. " rlogin ). +.RB "(e.g., " rlogin ). .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR rhosts (5), .BR rlogind (8), diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5 index e59bd43068..c3c4a9dae0 100644 --- a/man5/proc.5 +++ b/man5/proc.5 @@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ The last entry contains two zeros. .I /proc/[number]/cmdline This holds the complete command line for the process, unless the whole process has been swapped out or the process is a zombie. -In either of these latter cases, there is nothing in this file: i.e. a -read on this file will return 0 characters. +In either of these latter cases, there is nothing in this file: +that is, a read on this file will return 0 characters. The command line arguments appear in this file as a set of null-separated strings, with a further null byte after the last string. .TP @@ -1390,7 +1390,7 @@ The default value in this file "/sbin/hotplug". .IR /proc/sys/kernel/domainname " and " /proc/sys/kernel/hostname can be used to set the NIS/YP domainname and the hostname of your box in exactly the same way as the commands -domainname and hostname, i.e.: +domainname and hostname, that is: .br .br diff --git a/man5/resolv.conf.5 b/man5/resolv.conf.5 index 05ee732ce6..e1c2e04477 100644 --- a/man5/resolv.conf.5 +++ b/man5/resolv.conf.5 @@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ amended on a per-process basis by setting the environment variable as explained above under \fBoptions\fP. .LP The keyword and value must appear on a single line, and the keyword -(e.g. \fBnameserver\fP) must start the line. +(e.g., \fBnameserver\fP) must start the line. The value follows the keyword, separated by white space. .SH FILES .IR /etc/resolv.conf , diff --git a/man5/utmp.5 b/man5/utmp.5 index 632d4d46d3..e3cd52866f 100644 --- a/man5/utmp.5 +++ b/man5/utmp.5 @@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ and some versions of Neither of these programs creates the file, so if it is removed, record-keeping is turned off. .PP -Note that on \fIbiarch\fP platforms, i.e. systems which can run both +Note that on \fIbiarch\fP platforms, that is, systems which can run both 32-bit and 64-bit applications (x86-64, ppc64, s390x, etc.), \fIut_tv\fP is the same size in 32-bit mode as in 64-bit mode. The same goes for \fIut_session\fP and \fIut_time\fP if they are present. @@ -246,7 +246,8 @@ many programs which assume BSD semantics and which do not modify utmp. Linux uses the BSD conventions for line contents, as documented above. .PP System V only uses the type field to mark them and logs informative messages -such as e.g.\& \fB"new time"\fP in the line field. \fBUT_UNKNOWN\fP seems +such as \fB"new time"\fP in the line field. +\fBUT_UNKNOWN\fP seems to be a Linux invention. System V has no \fIut_host\fP or \fIut_addr_v6\fP fields. .PP |