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authorAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-12-24 00:31:01 +0000
committerAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-12-24 00:31:01 +0000
commitb1044a070b87b20a73f593b1087fae3a062d5920 (patch)
treedaa375c4c5a8cf9fabd0f0657b2141fbb899ef71 /lib/libc/gen/login_cap.3
parent89891a551cfa28139f6165de0c822d75e1035761 (diff)
Various repairs, mostly to get rid of short lines.
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diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/login_cap.3 b/lib/libc/gen/login_cap.3
index 8c6889d1365..105d853edf7 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/login_cap.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/login_cap.3
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $OpenBSD: login_cap.3,v 1.3 2000/10/18 05:12:07 aaron Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: login_cap.3,v 1.4 2000/12/24 00:30:50 aaron Exp $
.\" BSDI $From: login_cap.3,v 1.4 1997/11/07 16:22:27 jch Exp $
.\"
.Dd July 16, 1996
-.Dt LOGIN_CAP 3
+.Dt LOGIN_CAP 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm login_getclass ,
@@ -81,15 +81,17 @@ function extracts the entry specified by
.Li default
if
.Ar class
-is NULL or the empty string)
-from
+is
+.Dv NULL
+or the empty string) from
.Pa /etc/login.conf
(see
.Xr login.conf 5 ) .
If the entry is found, a
.Li login_cap_t
pointer is returned.
-NULL is returned if the user class is not found.
+.Dv NULL
+is returned if the user class is not found.
When the
.Li login_cap_t
structure is no longer needed, is should be freed by the
@@ -105,13 +107,16 @@ any of the other
functions may be called.
The
.Fn login_getstyle
-function
-is used to obtain the style of authentication that should be used for
+function is used to obtain the style of authentication that should be used for
this user class.
The
.Ar style
-argument may either be NULL or the desired style of authentication.
-If NULL, the first available authentication style will be used.
+argument may either be
+.Dv NULL
+or the desired style of authentication.
+If
+.Dv NULL ,
+the first available authentication style will be used.
The
.Ar type
argument refers to the type of authentication being performed.
@@ -123,13 +128,17 @@ Future releases may remove the requirement for the "auth-" prefix and add
it if it is missing.
If
.Ar type
-is NULL then only "auth" will be looked at.
+is
+.Dv NULL
+then only "auth" will be looked at.
(See
.Xr login.conf 5 ) .
The
-.Fn login_getstyle
-function will return NULL if the desired style of authentication
-is not available, or if no style is available.
+.Fn login_getstyle
+function will return
+.Dv NULL
+if the desired style of authentication is not available,
+or if no style is available.
.Pp
The
.Fn login_getcapnum ,
@@ -158,60 +167,60 @@ if no capabilities were found for this class (typically meaning that
the default class was used and the
.Li /etc/login.conf
file is missing).
-It returns a non-zero value if
+It returns a non-zero value if
.Ar cap ,
with no value, was found,
zero otherwise.
.Pp
The
.Fn secure_path
-function takes a path name and returns 0 if the path name is secure, -1
+function takes a path name and returns 0 if the path name is secure, \-1
if not.
-To be secure a path must
-exist,
-be a regular file (and not a directory),
-owned by root,
-and only writable by the owner (root).
+To be secure a path must exist, be a regular file (and not a direectory),
+owned by root, and only writable by the owner (root).
.Pp
The
.Fn setclasscontext
function takes
.Ar class ,
-the name of a user class,
-and sets the resources defined by that class according to
+the name of a user class, and sets the resources defined by that
+class according to
.Ar flags.
Only the
-.Nm LOGIN_SETPATH ,
-.Nm LOGIN_SETPRIORITY ,
-.Nm LOGIN_SETRESOURCES ,
+.Dv LOGIN_SETPATH ,
+.Dv LOGIN_SETPRIORITY ,
+.Dv LOGIN_SETRESOURCES ,
and
-.Nm LOGIN_SETUMASK
+.Dv LOGIN_SETUMASK
bits are used.
-(See
+(See
.Fn setusercontext
below).
-It returns 0 on success and -1 on failure.
+It returns 0 on success and \-1 on failure.
.Pp
The
.Fn setusercontext
-function
-sets the resources according to
+function sets the resources according to
.Ar flags .
The
.Ar lc
-argument, if not NULL, contains the class information that should
-be used.
+argument, if not
+.Dv NULL ,
+contains the class information that should be used.
The
.Ar pwd
-argument, if not NULL, provides information about the user.
+argument, if not
+.Dv NULL ,
+provides information about the user.
Both
.Ar lc
and
.Ar pwd
-cannot be NULL.
+cannot be
+.Dv NULL .
The
.Ar uid
-argument is used in place of the user id contained in the
+argument is used in place of the user ID contained in the
.Ar pwd
structure when calling
.Xr setuid 2 .
@@ -219,37 +228,37 @@ The various bits available to be or-ed together to make up
.Ar flags
are:
.Bl -tag -width LOGIN_SETRESOURCESXX
-.It LOGIN_SETGROUP
+.It Dv LOGIN_SETGROUP
Set the group id and call
.Xr initgroups 3 .
Requires the
.Xr pwd
field be specified.
-.It LOGIN_SETLOGIN
+.It Dv LOGIN_SETLOGIN
Sets the login name by
.Xr setlogin 2 .
Requires the
.Ar pwd
field be specified.
-.It LOGIN_SETPATH
+.It Dv LOGIN_SETPATH
Sets the
.Ev PATH
environment variable.
-.It LOGIN_SETPRIORITY
+.It Dv LOGIN_SETPRIORITY
Sets the priority by
.Xr setpriority 2 .
-.It LOGIN_SETRESOURCES
+.It Dv LOGIN_SETRESOURCES
Sets the various system resources by
.Xr setrlimit 2 .
-.It LOGIN_SETUMASK
+.It Dv LOGIN_SETUMASK
Sets the umask by
.Xr umask 2 .
-.It LOGIN_SETUSER
-Sets the user id to
+.It Dv LOGIN_SETUSER
+Sets the user ID to
.Ar uid
by
.Xr setuid 2 .
-.It LOGIN_SETALL
+.It Dv LOGIN_SETALL
Sets all of the above.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO