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[src/trunk]: src/share/man/man4 hyphenate compound words
details: https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/c3877101ce66
branches: trunk
changeset: 518054:c3877101ce66
user: jhawk <jhawk%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date: Fri Nov 23 21:06:02 2001 +0000
description:
hyphenate compound words
s/libc/C library/
grammar nits.
diffstat:
share/man/man4/clockctl.4 | 16 ++++++++--------
1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diffs (45 lines):
diff -r 244cca934ab8 -r c3877101ce66 share/man/man4/clockctl.4
--- a/share/man/man4/clockctl.4 Fri Nov 23 20:56:27 2001 +0000
+++ b/share/man/man4/clockctl.4 Fri Nov 23 21:06:02 2001 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: clockctl.4,v 1.2 2001/10/20 09:32:22 wiz Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: clockctl.4,v 1.3 2001/11/23 21:06:02 jhawk Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2001 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
-interface brings clock control to non root users. Any user with write access
+interface brings clock control to non-root users. Any user with write access
to
.Pa /dev/clockctl
will be able to perform operations such as
@@ -58,20 +58,20 @@
.Nm
pseudo-device, it is possible to run daemons such as
.Xr ntpd 8
-as a non privileged user, thus lowering the security implications if an
-exploit is found in this daemon.
+as non-privileged users, thus reducing the security exposure if a
+compromise is found in such a daemon.
.Pp
The
.Nm
pseudo-device driver provides an
.Xr ioctl 2
-call for each of the privileged clock-related system calls. The system
-call stubs in libc will use the
+call for each privileged clock-related system call. The system
+call stubs in C library will use the
.Xr ioctl 2
on
.Pa /dev/clockctl
-if the special file is present and accessible, or it will revert to the
-plain super-user restricted system call if it is not accessible.
+if the special file is present and accessible, or will revert to the
+plain super-user-restricted system call if the special file is not accessible.
.Pp
The following
.Xr ioctl 2
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