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authorUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>1996-08-15 01:23:29 +0000
committerUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>1996-08-15 01:23:29 +0000
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@node Users and Groups, System Information, Job Control, Top
+@node Users and Groups, System Information, Name Service Switch, Top
@chapter Users and Groups
Every user who can log in on the system is identified by a unique number
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ for purposes of access control. These IDs are also called the
@dfn{effective user ID} and @dfn{effective group ID} of the process.
Your login shell starts out with a persona which consists of your user
-ID and your default group ID.
+ID and your default group ID.
@c !!! also supplementary group IDs.
In normal circumstances, all your other processes inherit these values.
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ The return values and error conditions for @code{setregid} are the same
as those for @code{setreuid}.
@end deftypefun
-The GNU system also lets privileged processes change their supplementary
+The GNU system also lets privileged processes change their supplementary
group IDs. To use @code{setgroups} or @code{initgroups}, your programs
should include the header file @file{grp.h}.
@pindex grp.h
@@ -417,14 +417,14 @@ user_user_id = getuid ();
game_user_id = geteuid ();
@end smallexample
-Then it can turn off game file access with
+Then it can turn off game file access with
@smallexample
setuid (user_user_id);
@end smallexample
@noindent
-and turn it on with
+and turn it on with
@smallexample
setuid (game_user_id);
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ file will be installed with the set-user-ID bit set and owned by the
same user as the @file{scores} file. Typically, a system
administrator will set up an account like @code{games} for this purpose.
-The executable file is given mode @code{4755}, so that doing an
+The executable file is given mode @code{4755}, so that doing an
@samp{ls -l} on it produces output like:
@smallexample
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ record_score (int score)
@node Tips for Setuid
@section Tips for Writing Setuid Programs
-It is easy for setuid programs to give the user access that isn't
+It is easy for setuid programs to give the user access that isn't
intended---in fact, if you want to avoid this, you need to be careful.
Here are some guidelines for preventing unintended access and
minimizing its consequences when it does occur:
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ are declared in the header file @file{pwd.h}.
@comment pwd.h
@comment POSIX.1
@deftp {Data Type} {struct passwd}
-The @code{passwd} data structure is used to hold information about
+The @code{passwd} data structure is used to hold information about
entries in the system user data base. It has at least the following members:
@table @code
@@ -887,7 +887,7 @@ database are declared in the header file @file{grp.h}.
@comment grp.h
@comment POSIX.1
-@deftp {Data Type} {struct group}
+@deftp {Data Type} {struct group}
The @code{group} structure is used to hold information about an entry in
the system group database. It has at least the following members: