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diff --git a/man7/unix.7 b/man7/unix.7 index f6988ae184..57a7383934 100644 --- a/man7/unix.7 +++ b/man7/unix.7 @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ and delivers messages in the order that they were sent. Unix sockets support passing file descriptors or process credentials to other processes using ancillary data. .SS Address Format -A Unix address is defined as a filename in the filesystem or +A Unix address is defined as a filename in the file system or as a unique string in the abstract namespace. Sockets created by .BR socketpair (2) @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ option must be enabled on the socket. .SH ERRORS .TP .B EADDRINUSE -Selected local address is already taken or filesystem socket +Selected local address is already taken or file system socket object already exists. .TP .B ECONNREFUSED @@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ vs. Unknown socket type. .PP Other errors can be generated by the generic socket layer or -by the filesystem while generating a filesystem socket object. +by the file system while generating a file system socket object. See the appropriate manual pages for more information. .SH VERSIONS .B SCM_CREDENTIALS @@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ be used in portable programs. but the implementation details differ.) .SH NOTES In the Linux implementation, sockets which are visible in the -filesystem honor the permissions of the directory they are in. +file system honor the permissions of the directory they are in. Their owner, group and their permissions can be changed. Creation of a new socket will fail if the process does not have write and search (execute) permission on the directory the socket is created in. |