Changeset 16a1647 for chapter07/createfiles.xml

Timestamp:

11/16/2022 11:30:12 PM (18 months ago)

Author:

Thomas Trepl (Moody) <thomas@…>

Branches:

multilib

Children:

8d5322e

Parents:

a03b7d95 (diff), ebecd08 (diff)
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Message:

Automatic merge of trunk into multilib

File:

• chapter07/createfiles.xml (modified) (4 diffs)

chapter07/createfiles.xml

@@ -35 +35 @@
   </indexterm>
 
-  <para>Historically, Linux maintains a list of the mounted file systems in the
+  <para>Historically, Linux maintained a list of the mounted file systems in the
   file <filename>/etc/mtab</filename>. Modern kernels maintain this list
   internally and expose it to the user via the <filename
   class="directory">/proc</filename> filesystem. To satisfy utilities that
-  expect the presence of <filename>/etc/mtab</filename>, create the following
+  expect to find <filename>/etc/mtab</filename>, create the following
   symbolic link:</para>
 
@@ -160 +160 @@
   <para>The created groups are not part of any standard&mdash;they are groups
   decided on in part by the requirements of the Udev configuration in Chapter
-  9, and in part by common convention employed by a number of existing Linux
+  9, and in part by common conventions employed by a number of existing Linux
   distributions. In addition, some test suites rely on specific users or
   groups.  The Linux Standard Base (LSB, available at <ulink
@@ -166 +166 @@
   besides the group <systemitem class="groupname">root</systemitem> with a
   Group ID (GID) of 0, a group <systemitem class="groupname">bin</systemitem>
-  with a GID of 1 be present. The GID of 5 is widely used for
+  with a GID of 1 be present. The GID of 5 is widely used for the
   <systemitem class="groupname">tty</systemitem> group, and the number 5 is
   also used in <phrase revision="systemd">systemd</phrase>
@@ -180 +180 @@
   machine or in the separate namespace).  We assign
   <systemitem class="username">nobody</systemitem> and
-  <systemitem class="groupname">nogroup</systemitem> for it to avoid an
+  <systemitem class="groupname">nogroup</systemitem> to avoid an
   unnamed ID.  But other distros may treat this ID differently, so any
   portable program should not depend on this assignment.</para>