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diff --git a/sessreg.man b/sessreg.man index b288f13..336d76b 100644 --- a/sessreg.man +++ b/sessreg.man @@ -47,17 +47,20 @@ entries for xdm sessions. .PP System V has a better interface to utmp than BSD; it dynamically allocates entries in the file, instead of writing them at fixed -positions indexed by position in __ttys_file__. +positions indexed by position in +.BR __ttys_file__ . .PP To manage BSD-style utmp files, \fIsessreg\fP has two strategies. In -conjunction with xdm, the -x option counts the number of lines in __ttys_file__ +conjunction with xdm, the -x option counts the number of lines in +.B __ttys_file__ and then adds to that the number of the line in the Xservers file which specifies the display. The display name must be specified as the "line-name" using the -l option. This sum is used as the "slot-number" in the utmp file that this entry will be written at. In the more general case, the -s option specifies the slot-number directly. If for some strange reason -your system uses a file other that __ttys_file__ to manage init, the -t option -can direct +your system uses a file other than +.B __ttys_file__ +to manage init, the -t option can direct \fIsessreg\fP to look elsewhere for a count of terminal sessions. .PP Conversely, System V managers will not ever need to use these options (-x, @@ -83,10 +86,12 @@ and in Xreset: .fi .SH OPTIONS .IP "\fB-w\fP \fIwtmp-file\fP" -This specifies an alternate wtmp file, instead of __wtmp_file__. +This specifies an alternate wtmp file, instead of +.BR __wtmp_file__ . The special name "none" disables writing records to the wtmp file. .IP "\fB-u\fP \fIutmp-file\fP" -This specifies an alternate utmp file, instead of __utmp_file__. +This specifies an alternate utmp file, instead of +.BR __utmp_file__ . The special name "none" disables writing records to the utmp file. .IP "\fB-l\fP \fIline-name\fP" This describes the "line" name of the entry. For terminal sessions, @@ -100,7 +105,8 @@ This is set for BSD hosts to indicate that the session was initiated from a remote host. In typical xdm usage, this options is not used. .IP "\fB-s\fP \fIslot-number\fP" Each potential session has a unique slot number in BSD systems, most are -identified by the position of the \fIline-name\fP in the __ttys_file__ file. +identified by the position of the \fIline-name\fP in the +.BR __ttys_file__ file. This option overrides the default position determined with ttyslot(3). This option is inappropriate for use with xdm, the -x option is more useful. .IP "\fB-x\fP \fIXservers-file\fP" |