Issue in man page credentials.7

Issue in man page credentials.7

[Helge Kreutzmann]

Without further ado, the following was found:

Issue:    from background job → from a background job

"At most one of the jobs in a session may be the I<foreground job>; other "
"jobs in the session are I<background jobs>.  Only the foreground job may "
"read from the terminal; when a process in the background attempts to read "
"from the terminal, its process group is sent a B<SIGTTIN> signal, which "
"suspends the job.  If the B<TOSTOP> flag has been set for the terminal (see "
"B<termios>(3)), then only the foreground job may write to the terminal; "
"writes from background job cause a B<SIGTTOU> signal to be generated, which "
"suspends the job.  When terminal keys that generate a signal (such as the "
"I<interrupt> key, normally control-C)  are pressed, the signal is sent to "
"the processes in the foreground job."

Re: Issue in man page credentials.7

[Alejandro Colomar]

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Hi Helge,

On 12/4/22 10:07, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> Without further ado, the following was found:
> 
> Issue:    from background job → from a background job

I did "background jobs".  Fixed.  Thanks!

Cheers,

Alex

> 
> "At most one of the jobs in a session may be the I<foreground job>; other"
> "jobs in the session are I<background jobs>.  Only the foreground job may"
> "read from the terminal; when a process in the background attempts to read"
> "from the terminal, its process group is sent a B<SIGTTIN> signal, which"
> "suspends the job.  If the B<TOSTOP> flag has been set for the terminal (see"
> "B<termios>(3)), then only the foreground job may write to the terminal;"
> "writes from background job cause a B<SIGTTOU> signal to be generated, which"
> "suspends the job.  When terminal keys that generate a signal (such as the"
> "I<interrupt> key, normally control-C)  are pressed, the signal is sent to"
> "the processes in the foreground job."

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Re: Issue in man page credentials.7

[Alejandro Colomar]

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On 12/4/22 10:07, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> Without further ado, the following was found:
> 
> Issue:    B<setpriority>(2) → B<setpriority>(2),
> 
> "PIDs are used in a range of system calls to identify the process affected by"
> "the call, for example: B<kill>(2), B<ptrace>(2), B<setpriority>(2)"
> "B<setpgid>(2), B<setsid>(2), B<sigqueue>(3), and B<waitpid>(2)."

Fixed.  Thanks.

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Issue in man page credentials.7

[Helge Kreutzmann]

Without further ado, the following was found:

Issue:    B<setpriority>(2) → B<setpriority>(2),

"PIDs are used in a range of system calls to identify the process affected by "
"the call, for example: B<kill>(2), B<ptrace>(2), B<setpriority>(2)  "
"B<setpgid>(2), B<setsid>(2), B<sigqueue>(3), and B<waitpid>(2)."