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diff --git a/share/man/man8/compat_ultrix.8 b/share/man/man8/compat_ultrix.8 index 072acd1d905..a89cbdff20d 100644 --- a/share/man/man8/compat_ultrix.8 +++ b/share/man/man8/compat_ultrix.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: compat_ultrix.8,v 1.11 2002/07/04 17:36:15 miod Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: compat_ultrix.8,v 1.12 2003/02/19 09:10:36 jmc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1997 Jonathan Stone .\" All rights reserved. @@ -35,13 +35,13 @@ .Os .Sh NAME .Nm compat_ultrix -.Nd setup procedure for running Ultrix binaries under emulation +.Nd setup for running Ultrix binaries under emulation .Sh DESCRIPTION OpenBSD/mips and OpenBSD/vax architectures can run Risc ULTRIX and Vax ULTRIX executables, respectively. -However, you have to worry about -the legal issues of ensuring that you have a right to use any ULTRIX -binaries on your machine. +However, the user is responsible for +the legal issues of ensuring that they have a right to use any ULTRIX +binaries on their machine. .Pp Most executables will work. The exceptions include programs that use @@ -78,14 +78,19 @@ and .Sy nameserver lines in .Xr resolv.conf 5 . -You should create a copy of /etc/resolv.conf containing only those -commands and put it in /emul/ultrix/etc/resolv.conf. +A copy of +.Pa /etc/resolv.conf +should be created containing only those commands and put in +.Pa /emul/ultrix/etc/resolv.conf . Note that the domain search order used by Ultrix executables may not be the same as native binaries; there is no good way around this. .Ss /etc/svc.conf -Ultrix uses /etc/svc.conf to select an ordered search of YP, Hesiod, -or local flat-file mappings. -You should create an /emul/ultrix/etc/svc.conf specifying either +Ultrix uses +.Pa /etc/svc.conf +to select an ordered search of YP, Hesiod, or local flat-file mappings. +Create an +.Pa /emul/ultrix/etc/svc.conf +file specifying either local files or bind (DNS) lookups for all Ultrix name services. .Sh BUGS RISC Ultrix YP(NIS) is known to not work. @@ -94,9 +99,11 @@ Ultrix YP client will not inter-operate with the .Ox .Xr ypbind 8 process. -The only workaround is to use /etc/svc.conf to disable YP(NIS). +The only workaround is to use +.Pa /etc/svc.conf +to disable YP(NIS). .Pp -The ndbm hashed-password file used by Ultrix are incompatible with the +The ndbm hashed-password file used by Ultrix is incompatible with the db hashed-password file used by .Ox . There is no good solution for this. |