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authorPaul Janzen <pjanzen@cvs.openbsd.org>2001-09-17 23:49:22 +0000
committerPaul Janzen <pjanzen@cvs.openbsd.org>2001-09-17 23:49:22 +0000
commitf4ebfd6596d18364d3e1d5063929f9f5ed201439 (patch)
treea440df5584d01c5065a992806c5932419979a1c9 /usr.bin/sudo/sudo.8
parent322f8aca585e3663a412b0d4fd86a6b92a6f60a6 (diff)
Typo and grammar fixes, one from PR/2058 (Dennis Schwarz); ok millert@
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/sudo/sudo.8')
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/sudo/sudo.8 b/usr.bin/sudo/sudo.8
index 01334df3ad2..fc1f04ef67f 100644
--- a/usr.bin/sudo/sudo.8
+++ b/usr.bin/sudo/sudo.8
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
.rn '' }`
-''' $RCSfile: sudo.8,v $$Revision: 1.5 $$Date: 2000/11/21 17:58:44 $
+''' $RCSfile: sudo.8,v $$Revision: 1.6 $$Date: 2001/09/17 23:49:21 $
'''
''' $Log: sudo.8,v $
+''' Revision 1.6 2001/09/17 23:49:21 pjanzen
+''' Typo and grammar fixes, one from PR/2058 (Dennis Schwarz); ok millert@
+'''
''' Revision 1.5 2000/11/21 17:58:44 millert
''' A few updates from the sudo developement tree:
''' - Add bsd authentication support (currently disabled)
@@ -101,7 +104,7 @@
.\" Ip Item
.\" X<> Xref (embedded
.\" Of course, you have to process the output yourself
-.\" in some meaninful fashion.
+.\" in some meaningful fashion.
.if \nF \{
.de IX
.tm Index:\\$1\t\\n%\t"\\$2"
@@ -236,7 +239,7 @@ mail will not be sent if an unauthorized user tries to run sudo
with the \f(CW-l\fR or \f(CW-v\fR flags. This allows users to determine
for themselves whether or not they are allowed to use \fBsudo\fR.
.PP
-\fBsudo\fR can log both successful an unsuccessful attempts (as well
+\fBsudo\fR can log both successful and unsuccessful attempts (as well
as errors) to \fIsyslog\fR\|(3), a log file, or both. By default \fBsudo\fR
will log via \fIsyslog\fR\|(3) but this is changeable at configure time.
.SH "OPTIONS"
@@ -285,7 +288,7 @@ with resources limited by the specified login class. The \fIclass\fR
argument can be either a class name as defined in /etc/login.conf,
or a single '\-' character. Specifying a \fIclass\fR of \f(CW\*(C`\-\*(C'\fR indicates
that the command should be run restricted by the default login
-capibilities for the user the command is run as. If the \fIclass\fR
+capabilities for the user the command is run as. If the \fIclass\fR
argument specifies an existing user class, the command must be run
as root, or the \fBsudo\fR command must be run from a shell that is already
root. This option is only available on systems with \s-1BSD\s0 login classes
@@ -355,7 +358,7 @@ behavior or link \fBsudo\fR statically.
(\fI/var/run/sudo\fR by default) and ignore the directory's contents if
it is not owned by root and only writable by root. On systems that
allow non-root users to give away files via \fIchown\fR\|(2), if the timestamp
-directory is located in a directory writable by anyone (eg: \fI/tmp\fR),
+directory is located in a directory writable by anyone (e.g.: \fI/tmp\fR),
it is possible for a user to create the timestamp directory before
\fBsudo\fR is run. However, because \fBsudo\fR checks the ownership and
mode of the directory and its contents, the only damage that can
@@ -429,7 +432,7 @@ to make the \f(CWcd\fR and file redirection work.
\& /var/run/sudo Directory containing timestamps
.Ve
.SH "AUTHORS"
-Many people have worked on \fBsudo\fR over the years, this
+Many people have worked on \fBsudo\fR over the years. This
version consists of code written primarily by:
.PP
.Vb 2