From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
To: mtk.manpages@gmail.com, Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
Cc: util-linux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] Manual pages: login.1: various minor wording fixes
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2020 11:57:40 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200714095741.45292-4-mtk.manpages@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200714095741.45292-1-mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
---
login-utils/login.1 | 18 ++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/login-utils/login.1 b/login-utils/login.1
index f3938b571..73c59462a 100644
--- a/login-utils/login.1
+++ b/login-utils/login.1
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ not to destroy the environment.
.TP
.B \-f
Used to skip a login authentication. This option is usually
-used by
+used by the
.BR getty (8)
autologin feature.
.TP
@@ -111,14 +111,14 @@ use this option.
.IP
Note that the
.B \-h
-option has impact on the
+option has an impact on the
.B PAM service
.BR name .
The standard service name is
.IR login ,
-with the
+but with the
.B \-h
-option the name is
+option, the name is
.IR remote .
It is necessary to create proper PAM config files (e.g.,
.I /etc\:/pam.d\:/login
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ If the
.B MOTD_FILE
item is empty or a quiet login is enabled, then the message of the day
is not displayed. Note that the same functionality is also provided
-by
+by the
.BR pam_motd (8)
PAM module.
.PP
@@ -191,7 +191,8 @@ Forces
.B login
to stop display content specified by
.B MOTD_FILE
-after first accessible item in the list. Note that a directory is one item in this case.
+after the first accessible item in the list.
+Note that a directory is one item in this case.
This option allows to configure
.B login
semantic to be more compatible with pam_motd.
@@ -203,7 +204,8 @@ semantic to be more compatible with pam_motd.
Tell
.B login
that printing the hostname should be suppressed in the login:
-prompt. This is alternative to the \fB\-H\fR command line option. The default
+prompt.
+This is an alternative to the \fB\-H\fR command line option. The default
value is
.IR no .
.RE
@@ -211,7 +213,7 @@ value is
.B LOGIN_TIMEOUT
(number)
.RS 4
-Max time in seconds for login. The default value is
+Maximum time in seconds for login. The default value is
.IR 60 .
.RE
.PP
--
2.26.2
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-07-14 9:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-07-14 9:57 [PATCH 1/5] manual pages: adjtime_config.5: format pathname with .I Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-07-14 9:57 ` [PATCH 2/5] Manual pages: login.1: SEE ALSO: add utmp(5), lastlog(8) Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-07-14 9:57 ` [PATCH 3/5] Manual pages: login.1: formatting fixes Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-07-14 9:57 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) [this message]
2020-07-14 9:57 ` [PATCH 5/5] Manual pages: various: reword "allow(s) to" Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-07-14 12:13 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-07-14 12:38 ` Karel Zak
2020-07-14 12:40 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-07-14 12:14 ` Karel Zak
2020-07-14 12:33 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
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