Changeset b46c2f1 in clfs-sysroot for BOOK/final-preps/creatingfiles.xml

Timestamp:

Jul 13, 2006, 11:37:06 AM (18 years ago)

Author:

Joe Ciccone <jciccone@…>

Branches:

master

Children:

ae07b0c

Parents:

23f9a66

Message:

Some text cleanups to the user/group descriptions.

File:

• BOOK/final-preps/creatingfiles.xml (modified) (7 diffs)

BOOK/final-preps/creatingfiles.xml

@@ -66 +66 @@
       <term><literal>bin:x:1:1:bin:/bin:/bin/false</literal></term>
       <listitem>
-        <para>Was recommended for compatibility with legacy applications.</para>
+        <para>Can be useful for compatibility with legacy applications.</para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
@@ -72 +72 @@
       <term><literal>daemon:x:2:6:daemon:/sbin:/bin/false</literal></term>
       <listitem>
-        <para>Was recommended as an unprivileged User ID/Group ID for daemons
-        to execute under in order to limit their access to the system.</para>
+        <para>It is often recommended to use an unprivileged User ID/Group ID
+        for daemons in order to limit their access to the system.</para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
@@ -103 +103 @@
       <term><literal>uucp:x:32:32:uucp:/var/spool/uucp:/bin/false</literal></term>
       <listitem>
-        <para>Often used for Unix-to-Unix Copy of files from one server to the next.</para>
+        <para>Often used for Unix-to-Unix Copy of files from one server to the next</para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
@@ -115 +115 @@
       <term><literal>postmaster:x:51:30:postmaster:/var/spool/mail:/bin/false</literal></term>
       <listitem>
-        <para>Is the account that receives all the information of troubles with the mail server.</para>
+        <para>Generally used as an account that receives all the information of troubles with the mail server.</para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
@@ -121 +121 @@
       <term><literal>nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/:/bin/false</literal></term>
       <listitem>
-        <para>This account is used by NFS.</para>
+        <para>Used by NFS.</para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
@@ -185 +185 @@
       <term><literal>uucp:x:32:uucp</literal></term>
       <listitem>
-        <para>Used by the Unix-to-Unix copy users.</para>
+        <para>Used by the Unix-to-Unix copy users</para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
@@ -204 +204 @@
       <term><literal>nobody:x:65534:</literal></term>
       <listitem>
-        <para>This is used by NFS.</para>
+        <para>This is used by NFS</para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>