Changeset 8ddd8400

Timestamp:

12/27/2021 07:27:09 PM (2 years ago)

Author:

Douglas R. Reno <renodr@…>

Branches:

11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, lazarus, lxqt, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, trunk, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

673f231

Parents:

da84909

Message:

Minor rewords/text changes for Shadow/Util-Linux

Location:

postlfs/security

Files:

• shadow.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• util-linux.xml (modified) (6 diffs)

postlfs/security/shadow.xml

@@ -194 +194 @@
     <para>
       <parameter>--without-su</parameter>: Don't reinstall
-      <command>su</command> because the upstream recommends to use the
+      <command>su</command> because upstream recommends using the
       <command>su</command> command from <xref linkend='util-linux'/>
       when <application>Linux-PAM</application> is available.

postlfs/security/util-linux.xml

@@ -36 +36 @@
       it's possible to build <command>su</command> and
       <command>runuser</command> from <application>Util-linux</application>.
-      <application>Shadow</application> maintainers recommend to use
-      <command>su</command> from <application>Util-linux</application>,
-      instead of <application>Shadow</application>.
+      The <application>Shadow</application> maintainers recommend using
+      <command>su</command> from <application>Util-linux</application>
+      instead of the version from <application>Shadow</application>.
     </para>
 
@@ -108 +108 @@
         automatically be built too.  You should follow the
         <xref linkend='pam-util-linux'/> to set up the PAM
-        configuration for them then.
+        configuration in this case.
       </para>
     </important>
@@ -153 +153 @@
       from <application>Shadow</application>.
       <application>Shadow</application> installs man pages with multiple
-      languages.  They need to be removed to prevent
+      languages. They need to be removed to prevent
       <command>man su</command> from picking up a translated man page
       instead of <filename>/usr/share/man/man1/su.1</filename>.
@@ -259 +259 @@
             procedure. You can also run the test suite from the
             <application>Linux-PAM</application> package to assist you
-            in determining the problem.
+            in determining the cause of the problem.
           </para>
         </warning>
@@ -293 +293 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>
-            run a command with substitute user and group ID
+            runs a command with substitute user and group ID
           </para>
           <indexterm zone="util-linux su">
@@ -305 +305 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>
-            run a command with substitute user and group ID; it's like
+            runs a command with substitute user and group ID; it's like
             <command>su</command> but can only be used as
             the <systemitem class='username'>root</systemitem> user.