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authorKarel Zak2016-12-09 13:48:34 +0100
committerKarel Zak2016-12-09 13:48:34 +0100
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parentdocs: renice(1): Remove obsolete BUGS text (diff)
parentdocs: renice(1): Add credentials(7) to SEE ALSO (diff)
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Rebase from http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mtk/util-linux.git doc_fixes docs: renice(1): Add credentials(7) to SEE ALSO docs: renice(1): Add SEE ALSO entry for sched(7) docs: mount(8): Wording fix docs: ionice(1): SEE ALSO: add ioprio_set(2) docs: lsns(8): SEE ALSO: add namespaces(7) docs: last(1): Eliminate oddball formatting docs: last(1): SEE ALSO: add reference to wtmp(5) docs: taskset(1): Wording fix docs: namei(1): SEE ALSO: add symlink(7) docs: kill(1): Wording fix docs: various pages: Use 'UID" and "GID", not "uid" and "gid" in man pages docs: various pages: Use "PID" not "pid" in man-pages docs: various pages: Use "ID" not "id" in man pages docs: various pages: Use consistent terminology (set-user-ID and set-group-ID) docs: various pages: Format pathnames as italic (.I)
-rw-r--r--disk-utils/cfdisk.82
-rw-r--r--disk-utils/fsck.812
-rw-r--r--lib/terminal-colors.d.56
-rw-r--r--login-utils/chfn.12
-rw-r--r--login-utils/last.113
-rw-r--r--login-utils/login.16
-rw-r--r--login-utils/runuser.12
-rw-r--r--login-utils/su.13
-rw-r--r--login-utils/sulogin.82
-rw-r--r--misc-utils/getopt.14
-rw-r--r--misc-utils/kill.116
-rw-r--r--misc-utils/lsblk.82
-rw-r--r--misc-utils/namei.13
-rw-r--r--misc-utils/whereis.16
-rw-r--r--schedutils/ionice.12
-rw-r--r--schedutils/taskset.12
-rw-r--r--sys-utils/fstab.52
-rw-r--r--sys-utils/lsns.83
-rw-r--r--sys-utils/mount.840
-rw-r--r--sys-utils/prlimit.12
-rw-r--r--sys-utils/readprofile.814
-rw-r--r--sys-utils/renice.16
-rw-r--r--sys-utils/setpriv.110
-rw-r--r--sys-utils/umount.86
-rw-r--r--sys-utils/unshare.12
-rw-r--r--term-utils/agetty.810
-rw-r--r--term-utils/wall.15
27 files changed, 98 insertions, 85 deletions
diff --git a/disk-utils/cfdisk.8 b/disk-utils/cfdisk.8
index d6ad327fe..3a285205a 100644
--- a/disk-utils/cfdisk.8
+++ b/disk-utils/cfdisk.8
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ cfdisk \- display or manipulate a disk partition table
.B cfdisk
is a curses-based program for partitioning any block device.
The default device is
-.BR /dev/sda .
+.IR /dev/sda .
Note that
.B cfdisk
diff --git a/disk-utils/fsck.8 b/disk-utils/fsck.8
index 819c69f5b..c4a5ca1b0 100644
--- a/disk-utils/fsck.8
+++ b/disk-utils/fsck.8
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ If no filesystems are specified on the command line, and the
option is not specified,
.B fsck
will default to checking filesystems in
-.B /etc/fstab
+.I /etc/fstab
serially. This is equivalent to the
.B \-As
options.
@@ -160,13 +160,13 @@ They must have the format
If an options specifier is present, then only filesystems which contain
.I fs-option
in their mount options field of
-.B /etc/fstab
+.I /etc/fstab
will be checked. If the options specifier is prefixed by a negation
operator, then only
those filesystems that do not have
.I fs-option
in their mount options field of
-.B /etc/fstab
+.I /etc/fstab
will be checked.
.sp
For example, if
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ For example, if
appears in
.IR fslist ,
then only filesystems listed in
-.B /etc/fstab
+.I /etc/fstab
with the
.B ro
option will be checked.
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ normally does not check whether the device actually exists before
calling a filesystem specific checker. Therefore non-existing
devices may cause the system to enter filesystem repair mode during
boot if the filesystem specific checker returns a fatal error. The
-.B /etc/fstab
+.I /etc/fstab
mount option
.B nofail
may be used to have
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ environment variable is used to find filesystem checkers.
.B FSTAB_FILE
This environment variable allows the system administrator
to override the standard location of the
-.B /etc/fstab
+.I /etc/fstab
file. It is also useful for developers who are testing
.BR fsck .
.TP
diff --git a/lib/terminal-colors.d.5 b/lib/terminal-colors.d.5
index f4217a5d8..98b6d1504 100644
--- a/lib/terminal-colors.d.5
+++ b/lib/terminal-colors.d.5
@@ -170,11 +170,11 @@ Any other use of the hash character is not interpreted as introducing
a comment.
.SH FILES
-.B $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/terminal-colors.d
+.I $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/terminal-colors.d
.br
-.B $HOME/.config/terminal-colors.d
+.I $HOME/.config/terminal-colors.d
.br
-.B /etc/terminal-colors.d
+.I /etc/terminal-colors.d
.SH ENVIRONMENT
.IP TERMINAL_COLORS_DEBUG=all
diff --git a/login-utils/chfn.1 b/login-utils/chfn.1
index bf837eab6..0cb5f28b8 100644
--- a/login-utils/chfn.1
+++ b/login-utils/chfn.1
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Display version information and exit.
.SH CONFIG FILE ITEMS
.B chfn
reads the
-.BR /etc\:/login.defs (5)
+.IR /etc\:/login.defs (5)
configuration file. Note that the configuration file could be
distributed with another package (e.g. shadow-utils). The following
configuration items are relevant for
diff --git a/login-utils/last.1 b/login-utils/last.1
index 2b0c1e520..bb50ac705 100644
--- a/login-utils/last.1
+++ b/login-utils/last.1
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ last, lastb \- show a listing of last logged in users
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B last
searches back through the
-.B /var/log/wtmp
+.I /var/log/wtmp
file (or the file designated by the
.B \-f
option) and displays a list of all users logged in (and out) since that
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ can be abbreviated, thus
is the same as
.BR "last tty0" .
.PP
-When catching a \s-2SIGINT\s0 signal (generated by the interrupt key, usually
-control-C) or a \s-2SIGQUIT\s0 signal,
+When catching a SIGINT signal (generated by the interrupt key, usually
+control-C) or a SIGQUIT signal,
.B last
will show how far it has searched through the file; in the case of the
-\s-2SIGINT\s0 signal
+SIGINT signal
.B last
will then terminate.
.PP
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ will show a log of all the reboots since the log file was created.
is the same as
.BR last ,
except that by default it shows a log of the
-.BR /var/log/btmp
+.IR /var/log/btmp
file, which contains all the bad login attempts.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ back into a hostname.
Tell
.B last
to use a specific \fIfile\fR instead of
-.BR /var/log/wtmp .
+.IR /var/log/wtmp .
The
.B \-\-file
option can be given multiple times, and all of the specified files will be
@@ -193,5 +193,6 @@ Linux Kernel Archive
.UE .
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR login (1),
+.BR wtmp (5),
.BR init (8),
.BR shutdown (8)
diff --git a/login-utils/login.1 b/login-utils/login.1
index d74e96220..3043e3251 100644
--- a/login-utils/login.1
+++ b/login-utils/login.1
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ option is given), else it will be initialized to the terminal type on your tty.
.PP
Then the user's shell is started. If no shell is specified for the
user in
-.BR /etc\:/passwd ,
+.IR /etc\:/passwd ,
then
-.B /bin\:/sh
+.I /bin\:/sh
is used. If there is no directory specified in
.IR /etc\:/passwd ,
then
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ Display version information and exit.
.SH CONFIG FILE ITEMS
.B login
reads the
-.BR /etc\:/login.defs (5)
+.IR /etc\:/login.defs (5)
configuration file. Note that the configuration file could be
distributed with another package (e.g. shadow-utils). The following
configuration items are relevant for
diff --git a/login-utils/runuser.1 b/login-utils/runuser.1
index 04ce4ff01..e748b1ee5 100644
--- a/login-utils/runuser.1
+++ b/login-utils/runuser.1
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ does not ask for a password (because it may be executed by the root user only) a
it uses a different PAM configuration.
The command
.B runuser
-does not have to be installed with suid permissions.
+does not have to be installed with set-user-ID permissions.
.PP
If the PAM session is not required then recommended solution is to use
.BR setpriv (1)
diff --git a/login-utils/su.1 b/login-utils/su.1
index 8685061ef..724755bdf 100644
--- a/login-utils/su.1
+++ b/login-utils/su.1
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ configured via PAM.
.PP
.B su
is mostly designed for unprivileged users, the recommended solution for
-privileged users (e.g. scripts executed by root) is to use non-suid command
+privileged users (e.g. scripts executed by root) is to use
+non-set-user-ID command
.BR runuser (1)
that does not require authentication and provide separate PAM configuration. If
the PAM session is not required at all then the recommend solution is to use
diff --git a/login-utils/sulogin.8 b/login-utils/sulogin.8
index 9bc2effce..fbf8bca74 100644
--- a/login-utils/sulogin.8
+++ b/login-utils/sulogin.8
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ If the root account is locked and --force is specified, no password is required.
.B sulogin
will be connected to the current terminal, or to the optional \fItty\fR device that
can be specified on the command line (typically
-.BR /dev/console ).
+.IR /dev/console ).
.PP
When the user exits from the single-user shell, or presses control\-D at the
prompt, the system will continue to boot.
diff --git a/misc-utils/getopt.1 b/misc-utils/getopt.1
index 62fd8aa87..06e1e54d9 100644
--- a/misc-utils/getopt.1
+++ b/misc-utils/getopt.1
@@ -416,9 +416,9 @@ if it is called with
Example scripts for (ba)sh and (t)csh are provided with the
.BR getopt (1)
distribution, and are optionally installed in
-.BR /usr/share/getopt/
+.IR /usr/share/getopt/
or
-.BR /usr/share/doc/
+.IR /usr/share/doc/
in the util-linux subdirectory.
.SH ENVIRONMENT
.IP POSIXLY_CORRECT
diff --git a/misc-utils/kill.1 b/misc-utils/kill.1
index 682c99072..fe82bd015 100644
--- a/misc-utils/kill.1
+++ b/misc-utils/kill.1
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ an orderly fashion.
If a process does not terminate after a TERM signal has been sent,
then the KILL signal may be used; be aware that the latter signal
cannot be caught, and so does not give the target process the opportunity
-to do perform any clean-up before terminating.
+to perform any clean-up before terminating.
.PP
Most modern shells have a builtin kill command, with a usage rather similar to
that of the command described here. The
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ options, and the possibility to specify processes by command name, are local ext
If \fIsignal\fR is 0, then no actual signal is sent, but error checking is still performed.
.SH ARGUMENTS
-The list of processes to be signaled can be a mixture of names and pids.
+The list of processes to be signaled can be a mixture of names and PIDs.
.TP
.I pid
Each
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ can be one of four things:
.I n
where
.I n
-is larger than 0. The process with pid
+is larger than 0. The process with PID
.I n
is signaled.
.TP
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ is signaled.
All processes in the current process group are signaled.
.TP
.B -1
-All processes with a pid larger than 1 are signaled.
+All processes with a PID larger than 1 are signaled.
.TP
.BI - n
where
@@ -93,15 +93,15 @@ Similar to \fB\-l\fR, but it will print signal names and their corresponding
numbers.
.TP
\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-all\fR
-Do not restrict the command-name-to-pid conversion to processes with the same
-uid as the present process.
+Do not restrict the command-name-to-PID conversion to processes with the same
+UID as the present process.
.TP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-pid\fR
-Only print the process id (pid) of the named processes, do not send any
+Only print the process ID (PID) of the named processes, do not send any
signals.
.TP
\fB\-\-verbose\fR
-Print pid(s) that will be signaled with kill along with the signal.
+Print PID(s) that will be signaled with kill along with the signal.
.TP
\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-queue\fR \fIvalue\fR
Use
diff --git a/misc-utils/lsblk.8 b/misc-utils/lsblk.8
index 1450e92ca..c727351ea 100644
--- a/misc-utils/lsblk.8
+++ b/misc-utils/lsblk.8
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ The
.B lsblk
command needs to be able to look up each block device by major:minor numbers,
which is done by using
-.BR /sys/dev/block .
+.IR /sys/dev/block .
This sysfs block directory appeared in kernel 2.6.27 (October 2008).
In case of problems with a new enough kernel, check that CONFIG_SYSFS
was enabled at the time of the kernel build.
diff --git a/misc-utils/namei.1 b/misc-utils/namei.1
index 7c3bb3e02..7a60e1524 100644
--- a/misc-utils/namei.1
+++ b/misc-utils/namei.1
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ The program was rewritten by Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>.
To be discovered.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR ls (1),
-.BR stat (1)
+.BR stat (1),
+.BR symlink (7)
.SH AVAILABILITY
The namei command is part of the util-linux package and is available from
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.
diff --git a/misc-utils/whereis.1 b/misc-utils/whereis.1
index 6cdec70b2..ac2068d56 100644
--- a/misc-utils/whereis.1
+++ b/misc-utils/whereis.1
@@ -127,12 +127,12 @@ is specified, the option will output the hard-coded paths
that the command was able to find on the system.
.SH EXAMPLE
To find all files in
-.B /usr/\:bin
+.I /usr/\:bin
which are not documented
in
-.B /usr/\:man/\:man1
+.I /usr/\:man/\:man1
or have no source in
-.BR /usr/\:src :
+.IR /usr/\:src :
.IP
.B cd /usr/bin
.br
diff --git a/schedutils/ionice.1 b/schedutils/ionice.1
index f9acbc62d..8b9c42be0 100644
--- a/schedutils/ionice.1
+++ b/schedutils/ionice.1
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ I/O scheduler.
Jens Axboe <jens@axboe.dk>
Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
.fi
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR ioprio_set (2)
.SH AVAILABILITY
The ionice command is part of the util-linux package and is available from
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.
diff --git a/schedutils/taskset.1 b/schedutils/taskset.1
index c0c933f45..fb7167e89 100644
--- a/schedutils/taskset.1
+++ b/schedutils/taskset.1
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ may specify more CPUs than are present. A retrieved mask will reflect only the
bits that correspond to CPUs physically on the system. If an invalid mask is
given (i.e., one that corresponds to no valid CPUs on the current system) an
error is returned. The masks may be specified in hexadecimal (with or without
-a leading "0x"), or as a cpu list with the
+a leading "0x"), or as a CPU list with the
.BR \-\-cpu\-list
option. For example,
.RS 4
diff --git a/sys-utils/fstab.5 b/sys-utils/fstab.5
index ab32383be..30c2cd4ab 100644
--- a/sys-utils/fstab.5
+++ b/sys-utils/fstab.5
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
.SH NAME
fstab \- static information about the filesystems
.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B /etc/fstab
+.I /etc/fstab
.SH DESCRIPTION
The file
.B fstab
diff --git a/sys-utils/lsns.8 b/sys-utils/lsns.8
index 652cf6379..7a4c90a93 100644
--- a/sys-utils/lsns.8
+++ b/sys-utils/lsns.8
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR nsenter (1),
.BR unshare (1),
-.BR clone (2)
+.BR clone (2),
+.BR namespaces (7)
.SH AVAILABILITY
The lsns command is part of the util-linux package and is available from
diff --git a/sys-utils/mount.8 b/sys-utils/mount.8
index 36e7ce650..f80b20252 100644
--- a/sys-utils/mount.8
+++ b/sys-utils/mount.8
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ mount \- mount a filesystem
.SH DESCRIPTION
All files accessible in a Unix system are arranged in one big
tree, the file hierarchy, rooted at
-.BR / .
+.IR / .
These files can be spread out over several devices. The
.B mount
command serves to attach the filesystem found on some device
@@ -143,8 +143,10 @@ unique, especially if you move, share or copy the device. Use
to verify that the UUIDs are really unique in your system.
The recommended setup is to use tags (e.g.\& \fBLABEL=\fIlabel\fR) rather than
-.B /dev/disk/by-{label,uuid,partuuid,partlabel}
-udev symlinks in the /etc/fstab file. Tags are
+.I /dev/disk/by-{label,uuid,partuuid,partlabel}
+udev symlinks in the
+.I /etc/fstab
+file. Tags are
more readable, robust and portable. The
.BR mount (8)
command internally uses udev
@@ -418,7 +420,7 @@ to the other mirror. A slave mount receives propagation from its master, but
not vice versa. A private mount carries no propagation abilities. An
unbindable mount is a private mount which cannot be cloned through a bind
operation. The detailed semantics are documented in
-.B Documentation/filesystems/sharedsubtree.txt
+.I Documentation/filesystems/sharedsubtree.txt
file in the kernel source tree.
Supported operations are:
@@ -517,7 +519,7 @@ Mount all filesystems (of the given types) mentioned in
keyword). The filesystems are mounted following their order in
.IR fstab .
.sp
-Note that it is a bad manner to use \fBmount \-a\fR for
+Note that it is a bad practice to use \fBmount \-a\fR for
.IR fstab
checking. The recommended solution is \fBfindmnt \-\-verify\fR.
.TP
@@ -569,7 +571,7 @@ Mount the partition that has the specified
.TP
.BR \-l , " \-\-show\-labels"
Add the labels in the mount output. \fBmount\fR must have
-permission to read the disk device (e.g.\& be suid root) for this to work.
+permission to read the disk device (e.g.\& be set-user-ID root) for this to work.
One can set such a label for ext2, ext3 or ext4 using the
.BR e2label (8)
utility, or for XFS using
@@ -1056,11 +1058,11 @@ or
Do not use the lazytime feature.
.TP
.B suid
-Allow set-user-identifier or set-group-identifier bits to take
+Allow set-user-ID or set-group-ID bits to take
effect.
.TP
.B nosuid
-Do not allow set-user-identifier or set-group-identifier bits to take
+Do not allow set-user-ID or set-group-ID bits to take
effect.
.TP
.B silent
@@ -1196,7 +1198,7 @@ but with option
.B uid
or
.B gid
-without specified value, the uid and gid of the current process are taken).
+without specified value, the UID and GID of the current process are taken).
.TP
\fBsetuid=\fP\,\fIvalue\fP and \fBsetgid=\fP\,\fIvalue\fP
Set the owner and group of all files.
@@ -1212,7 +1214,7 @@ The value is given in octal.
Do not allow any changes to the protection bits on the filesystem.
.TP
.B usemp
-Set uid and gid of the root of the filesystem to the uid and gid
+Set UID and GID of the root of the filesystem to the UID and GID
of the mount point upon the first sync or umount, and then
clear this option. Strange...
.TP
@@ -1592,13 +1594,13 @@ changed using
.BR tune2fs (8).
.TP
.BR grpid | bsdgroups " and " nogrpid | sysvgroups
-These options define what group id a newly created file gets.
+These options define what group ID a newly created file gets.
When
.B grpid
-is set, it takes the group id of the directory in which it is created;
+is set, it takes the group ID of the directory in which it is created;
otherwise (the default) it takes the fsgid of the current process, unless
-the directory has the setgid bit set, in which case it takes the gid
-from the parent directory, and also gets the setgid bit set
+the directory has the set-group-ID bit set, in which case it takes the GID
+from the parent directory, and also gets the set-group-ID bit set
if it is a directory itself.
.TP
.BR grpquota | noquota | quota | usrquota
@@ -1620,7 +1622,7 @@ space (by default 5%, see
and
.BR tune2fs (8)).
These options determine who can use the reserved blocks.
-(Roughly: whoever has the specified uid, or belongs to the specified group.)
+(Roughly: whoever has the specified UID, or belongs to the specified group.)
.TP
.BI sb= n
Instead of block 1, use block
@@ -1899,7 +1901,7 @@ Set blocksize (default 512). This option is obsolete.
.TP
\fBuid=\fP\,\fIvalue\fP and \fBgid=\fP\,\fIvalue\fP
Set the owner and group of all files.
-(Default: the uid and gid of the current process.)
+(Default: the UID and GID of the current process.)
.TP
.BI umask= value
Set the umask (the bitmask of the permissions that are
@@ -1936,7 +1938,7 @@ is also allowed. I.e.\& \s+3~\s0dmask & 022)
Normally
.BR utime (2)
checks current process is owner of the file, or it has
-CAP_FOWNER capability. But FAT filesystem doesn't have uid/gid on disk, so
+CAP_FOWNER capability. But FAT filesystem doesn't have UID/GID on disk, so
normal check is too inflexible. With this option you can relax it.
.RE
.TP
@@ -2128,7 +2130,7 @@ used for creating new files. Default values: '????'.
.TP
.BI uid= n ", gid=" n
Set the owner and group of all files.
-(Default: the uid and gid of the current process.)
+(Default: the UID and GID of the current process.)
.TP
.BI dir_umask= n ", file_umask=" n ", umask=" n
Set the umask used for all directories, all regular files, or all
@@ -2150,7 +2152,7 @@ Don't complain about invalid mount options.
.SS "Mount options for hpfs"
.TP
\fBuid=\fP\,\fIvalue\fP and \fBgid=\fP\,\fIvalue\fP
-Set the owner and group of all files. (Default: the uid and gid
+Set the owner and group of all files. (Default: the UID and GID
of the current process.)
.TP
.BI umask= value
diff --git a/sys-utils/prlimit.1 b/sys-utils/prlimit.1
index 07de90fbb..0fae5e34b 100644
--- a/sys-utils/prlimit.1
+++ b/sys-utils/prlimit.1
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ prlimit \- get and set process resource limits
.IR "command " [ argument ...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
-Given a process id and one or more resources, \fBprlimit\fP tries to retrieve
+Given a process ID and one or more resources, \fBprlimit\fP tries to retrieve
and/or modify the limits.
When \fIcommand\fR is given,
diff --git a/sys-utils/readprofile.8 b/sys-utils/readprofile.8
index c01e3ca69..5c72a719f 100644
--- a/sys-utils/readprofile.8
+++ b/sys-utils/readprofile.8
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ This manpage documents version 2.0 of the program.
The
.B readprofile
command uses the
-.B /proc/profile
+.I /proc/profile
information to print ascii data on standard output. The output is
organized in three columns: the first is the number of clock ticks,
the second is the name of the C function in the kernel where those
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ only the decimal number is printed.
.TP
\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-mapfile\fR \fImapfile\fR
Specify a mapfile, which by default is
-.BR /usr/src/linux/System.map .
+.IR /usr/src/linux/System.map .
You should specify the map file on cmdline if your current kernel
isn't the last one you compiled, or if you keep System.map elsewhere.
If the name of the map file ends with `.gz' it is decompressed on the
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ resets the profiling buffer, and requires superuser privileges.
.TP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-profile\fR \fIpro-file\fR
Specify a different profiling buffer, which by default is
-.B /proc/profile.
+.IR /proc/profile .
Using a different pro-file is useful if you want to `freeze' the
kernel profiling at some time and read it later. The
-.B /proc/profile
+.I /proc/profile
file can be copied using `cat' or `cp'. There is no more support for
compressed profile buffers, like in
.B readprofile-1.1,
@@ -70,11 +70,11 @@ because the program needs to know the size of the buffer in advance.
\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-reset\fR
Reset the profiling buffer. This can only be invoked by root,
because
-.B /proc/profile
+.I /proc/profile
is readable by everybody but writable only by the superuser.
However, you can make
.B readprofile
-setuid 0, in order to reset the buffer without gaining privileges.
+set-user-ID 0, in order to reset the buffer without gaining privileges.
.TP
\fB\-s, \fB\-\-counters\fR
Print individual counters within functions.
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ Request profiling at 2kHz per CPU, and reset the profiling buffer:
.LP
.B readprofile
only works with an 1.3.x or newer kernel, because
-.B /proc/profile
+.I /proc/profile
changed in the step from 1.2 to 1.3
.LP
This program only works with ELF kernels. The change for a.out
diff --git a/sys-utils/renice.1 b/sys-utils/renice.1
index c4b6834d5..5ac8e4b8d 100644
--- a/sys-utils/renice.1
+++ b/sys-utils/renice.1
@@ -100,12 +100,14 @@ else in the system wants to), 0 (the ``base'' scheduling priority), anything
negative (to make things go very fast).
.SH FILES
.TP
-.B /etc/passwd
+.I /etc/passwd
to map user names to user IDs
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR nice (1),
.BR getpriority (2),
-.BR setpriority (2)
+.BR setpriority (2),
+.BR credentials (7),
+.BR sched (7)
.SH HISTORY
The
.B renice
diff --git a/sys-utils/setpriv.1 b/sys-utils/setpriv.1
index 383efec37..c65c402d7 100644
--- a/sys-utils/setpriv.1
+++ b/sys-utils/setpriv.1
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ Sets or queries various Linux privilege settings that are inherited across
.BR execve (2).
.PP
The difference between the commands setpriv and su (or runuser) is that setpriv does
-not use open PAM session and does not ask for password. It's simple non-suid wrapper around
+not use open PAM session and does not ask for password.
+It's simple non-set-user-ID wrapper around
.B execve
system call.
.SH OPTION
@@ -59,7 +60,8 @@ Set the
.I no_new_privs
bit. With this bit set,
.BR execve (2)
-will not grant new privileges. For example, the setuid and setgid bits as well
+will not grant new privileges.
+For example, the set-user-ID and set-group-ID bits as well
as file capabilities will be disabled. (Executing binaries with these bits set
will still work, but they will not gain privileges. Certain LSMs, especially
AppArmor, may result in failures to execute certain programs.) This bit is
@@ -72,7 +74,7 @@ in the Linux kernel source.
The no_new_privs bit is supported since Linux 3.5.
.TP
.BI \-\-rgid " gid\fR, " \-\-egid " gid\fR, " \-\-regid " gid"
-Set the real, effective, or both gids. The \fIgid\fR argument can be
+Set the real, effective, or both GIDs. The \fIgid\fR argument can be
given as textual group name.
.sp
For safety, you must specify one of
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@ if you set any primary
.IR gid .
.TP
.BI \-\-ruid " uid\fR, " \-\-euid " uid\fR, " \-\-reuid " uid"
-Set the real, effective, or both uids. The \fIuid\fR argument can be
+Set the real, effective, or both UIDs. The \fIuid\fR argument can be
given as textual login name.
.sp
Setting a
diff --git a/sys-utils/umount.8 b/sys-utils/umount.8
index 8abfc1b67..96cfed061 100644
--- a/sys-utils/umount.8
+++ b/sys-utils/umount.8
@@ -202,14 +202,14 @@ Note that \fI/etc/mtab\fR is currently deprecated and helper= and another
userspace mount options are maintained by libmount.
.SH FILES
.TP
-.B /etc/mtab
+.I /etc/mtab
table of mounted filesystems (deprecated and usually replaced by
symlink to /proc/mounts)
.TP
-.B /etc/fstab
+.I /etc/fstab
table of known filesystems
.TP
-.B /proc/self/mountinfo
+.I /proc/self/mountinfo
table of mounted filesystems generated by kernel.
.SH ENVIRONMENT
.IP LIBMOUNT_FSTAB=<path>
diff --git a/sys-utils/unshare.1 b/sys-utils/unshare.1
index 9479f597c..ee58c7d63 100644
--- a/sys-utils/unshare.1
+++ b/sys-utils/unshare.1
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ and the discussion of the
flag in
.BR clone (2).
.TP
-.BR "pid namespace"
+.BR "PID namespace"
Children will have a distinct set of PID-to-process mappings from their parent.
For further details, see
.BR pid_namespaces (7)
diff --git a/term-utils/agetty.8 b/term-utils/agetty.8
index 3dbbb8944..fb7f1c176 100644
--- a/term-utils/agetty.8
+++ b/term-utils/agetty.8
@@ -405,19 +405,19 @@ This is thingol.orcan.dk (Linux i386 1.1.9) 18:29:30
.SH FILES
.na
.TP
-.B /var/run/utmp
+.I /var/run/utmp
the system status file.
.TP
-.B /etc/issue
+.I /etc/issue
printed before the login prompt.
.TP
-.B /etc/os-release /usr/lib/os-release
+.I /etc/os-release /usr/lib/os-release
operating system identification data.
.TP
-.B /dev/console
+.I /dev/console
problem reports (if syslog(3) is not used).
.TP
-.B /etc/inittab
+.I /etc/inittab
\fIinit\fP(8) configuration file for SysV-style init daemon.
.SH BUGS
.ad
diff --git a/term-utils/wall.1 b/term-utils/wall.1
index a7da1951e..922d85f0c 100644
--- a/term-utils/wall.1
+++ b/term-utils/wall.1
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ deny messages or are using a program which automatically denies messages.
.PP
Reading from a
.I file
-is refused when the invoker is not superuser and the program is suid or sgid.
+is refused when the invoker is not superuser and the program is
+set-user-ID or set-group-ID.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.BR \-n , " \-\-nobanner"
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ modem lines.
.BR \-g , " \-\-group " \fIgroup\fR
Limit printing message to members of group defined as a
.I group
-argument. The argument can be group name or gid.
+argument. The argument can be group name or GID.
.TP
.BR \-V , " \-\-version"
Display version information and exit.