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Timestamp:
Jul 13, 2006, 3:40:23 AM (18 years ago)
Author:
Chris Staub <chris@…>
Children:
e13071d
Parents:
d6cd26a
Message:

Some text cleanups to user/group descriptions

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  • boot/common/pwdgroup.xml

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    5858      <term><literal>bin:x:1:1:bin:/bin:/bin/false</literal></term>
    5959      <listitem>
    60         <para>Was recommended for compatibility with legacy applications.</para>
     60        <para>Can be useful for compatibility with legacy applications.</para>
    6161      </listitem>
    6262    </varlistentry>
     
    6464      <term><literal>daemon:x:2:6:daemon:/sbin:/bin/false</literal></term>
    6565      <listitem>
    66         <para>Was recommended as an unprivileged User ID/Group ID for daemons
    67          to execute under in order to limit their access to the system.</para>
     66        <para>It is often recommended to use an unprivileged User ID/Group ID
     67        for daemons to run as, in order to limit their access to the system.</para>
    6868      </listitem>
    6969    </varlistentry>
     
    9595      <term><literal>uucp:x:32:32:uucp:/var/spool/uucp:/bin/false</literal></term>
    9696      <listitem>
    97         <para>Often used for Unix-to-Unix Copy of files from one server to the next/</para>
     97        <para>Often used for Unix-to-Unix Copy of files from one server to the next</para>
    9898      </listitem>
    9999    </varlistentry>
     
    107107      <term><literal>postmaster:x:51:30:postmaster:/var/spool/mail:/bin/false</literal></term>
    108108      <listitem>
    109         <para>Is the account that receives all the information of troubles with the mail server</para>
     109        <para>Generally used as an account that receives all the information of troubles with the mail server</para>
    110110      </listitem>
    111111    </varlistentry>
     
    113113      <term><literal>nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/:/bin/false</literal></term>
    114114      <listitem>
    115         <para>This account is used by NFS.</para>
     115        <para>Used by NFS</para>
    116116      </listitem>
    117117    </varlistentry>
     
    177177      <term><literal>uucp:x:32:uucp</literal></term>
    178178      <listitem>
    179         <para>Used by the Unix-to-Unix copy users.</para>
     179        <para>Used by the Unix-to-Unix copy users</para>
    180180      </listitem>
    181181    </varlistentry>
     
    196196      <term><literal>nobody:x:65534:</literal></term>
    197197      <listitem>
    198         <para>This is used by NFS.</para>
     198        <para>This is used by NFS</para>
    199199      </listitem>
    200200    </varlistentry>
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