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Manual typos: Users and Groups

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2016-05-06  Rical Jasan  <ricaljasan@pacific.net>

	* manual/users.texi: Fix typos in the manual.
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2016-10-06 Rical Jasan <ricaljasan@pacific.net>
* manual/users.texi: Fix typos in the manual.
* manual/job.texi: Fix typos in the manual.
* manual/process.texi: Fix typos in the manual.

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@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ by creating a new user ID and login name (say, @code{games}) to own the
scores file, and make the file writable only by this user. Then, when
the game program wants to update this file, it can change its effective
user ID to be that for @code{games}. In effect, the program must
adopt the persona of @code{games} so it can write the scores file.
adopt the persona of @code{games} so it can write to the scores file.
@node How Change Persona
@section How an Application Can Change Persona
@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ have this function.
@c setuid @asulock @aculock
@c INLINE_SETXID_SYSCALL dup @asulock @aculock
If the calling process is privileged, this function sets both the real
and effective user ID of the process to @var{newuid}. It also deletes
and effective user IDs of the process to @var{newuid}. It also deletes
the file user ID of the process, if any. @var{newuid} may be any
legal value. (Once this has been done, there is no way to recover the
old effective user ID.)
@ -1059,7 +1059,7 @@ The Internet address of a remote host.
The @code{ut_type}, @code{ut_pid}, @code{ut_id}, @code{ut_tv}, and
@code{ut_host} fields are not available on all systems. Portable
applications therefore should be prepared for these situations. To help
doing this the @file{utmp.h} header provides macros
do this the @file{utmp.h} header provides macros
@code{_HAVE_UT_TYPE}, @code{_HAVE_UT_PID}, @code{_HAVE_UT_ID},
@code{_HAVE_UT_TV}, and @code{_HAVE_UT_HOST} if the respective field is
available. The programmer can handle the situations by using
@ -1081,7 +1081,7 @@ accounting information.
@comment SVID
@vindex RUN_LVL
@item RUN_LVL
This macro is used to identify the systems runlevel.
This macro is used to identify the system's runlevel.
@comment utmp.h
@comment SVID
@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@ This macro is used to identify the time when the system clock changed.
@comment SVID
@vindex NEW_TIME
@item NEW_TIME
This macro is used to identify the time after the system changed.
This macro is used to identify the time after the system clock changed.
@comment utmp.h
@comment SVID
@ -1559,7 +1559,7 @@ accounting information.
@comment XPG4.2
@vindex RUN_LVL
@item RUN_LVL
This macro is used to identify the systems runlevel.
This macro is used to identify the system's runlevel.
@comment utmpx.h
@comment XPG4.2
@ -1577,7 +1577,7 @@ This macro is used to identify the time when the system clock changed.
@comment XPG4.2
@vindex NEW_TIME
@item NEW_TIME
This macro is used to identify the time after the system changed.
This macro is used to identify the time after the system clock changed.
@comment utmpx.h
@comment XPG4.2
@ -2153,7 +2153,7 @@ A null pointer return indicates there is no user named @var{name}.
@c
@c _nss_*_getpwnam_r (assumed) @asuinit @asulock @acucorrupt @aculock
This function is similar to @code{getpwnam} in that is returns
This function is similar to @code{getpwnam} in that it returns
information about the user whose user name is @var{name}. However, like
@code{getpwuid_r}, it fills the user supplied buffers in
@var{result_buf} and @var{buffer} with the information instead of using
@ -2466,13 +2466,12 @@ A null pointer indicates there is no group named @var{name}.
@c nss_group_lookup2 dup @mtslocale @ascudlopen @ascuplugin @ascuheap @asulock @acucorrupt @aculock @acsfd @acsmem
@c *fct.l @ascuplugin
@c nss_next2 dup @ascudlopen @ascuplugin @ascuheap @asulock @acucorrupt @aculock @acsfd @acsmem
This function is similar to @code{getgrnam} in that is returns
This function is similar to @code{getgrnam} in that it returns
information about the group whose group name is @var{name}. Like
@code{getgrgid_r}, it uses the user supplied buffers in
@var{result_buf} and @var{buffer}, not a static buffer.
The return values are the same as for @code{getgrgid_r}
@code{ERANGE}.
The return values are the same as for @code{getgrgid_r}.
@end deftypefun
@node Scanning All Groups
@ -2570,7 +2569,7 @@ wish to save the information.
This function is similar to @code{getgrent} in that it returns the next
entry from the stream initialized by @code{setgrent}. Like
@code{fgetgrent_r}, it places the result in user-supplied buffers
pointed to @var{result_buf} and @var{buffer}.
pointed to by @var{result_buf} and @var{buffer}.
If the function returns zero @var{result} contains a pointer to the data
(normally equal to @var{result_buf}). If errors occurred the return
@ -2630,7 +2629,7 @@ Sometimes it is useful to group users according to other criteria
group of users with a certain machine. On the other hand grouping of
host names is not supported so far.
In Sun Microsystems SunOS appeared a new kind of database, the netgroup
In Sun Microsystems' SunOS appeared a new kind of database, the netgroup
database. It allows grouping hosts, users, and domains freely, giving
them individual names. To be more concrete, a netgroup is a list of triples
consisting of a host name, a user name, and a domain name where any of
@ -2657,7 +2656,7 @@ character @code{-} shall be used.
@node Lookup Netgroup
@subsection Looking up one Netgroup
The lookup functions for netgroups are a bit different to all other
The lookup functions for netgroups are a bit different than all other
system database handling functions. Since a single netgroup can contain
many entries a two-step process is needed. First a single netgroup is
selected and then one can iterate over all entries in this netgroup.
@ -2701,7 +2700,7 @@ These functions are declared in @file{netdb.h}.
@c memcpy dup ok
@c libc_lock_unlock dup @aculock
A call to this function initializes the internal state of the library to
allow following calls of the @code{getnetgrent} to iterate over all entries
allow following calls of @code{getnetgrent} to iterate over all entries
in the netgroup with name @var{netgroup}.
When the call is successful (i.e., when a netgroup with this name exists)
@ -2831,7 +2830,7 @@ selected netgroup.
@c nss_next2 dup @ascudlopen @ascuplugin @ascuheap @asulock @acucorrupt @aculock @acsfd @acsmem
@c free_memory dup @ascuheap @acsmem
This function tests whether the triple specified by the parameters
@var{hostp}, @var{userp}, and @var{domainp} is part of the netgroup
@var{host}, @var{user}, and @var{domain} is part of the netgroup
@var{netgroup}. Using this function has the advantage that
@enumerate
@ -2843,7 +2842,7 @@ the function is implemented more efficiently than successive calls
to the other @code{set}/@code{get}/@code{endnetgrent} functions.
@end enumerate
Any of the pointers @var{hostp}, @var{userp}, and @var{domainp} can be
Any of the pointers @var{host}, @var{user}, or @var{domain} can be
@code{NULL} which means any value is accepted in this position. This is
also true for the name @code{-} which should not match any other string
otherwise.