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-rw-r--r--login-utils/last.12
-rw-r--r--login-utils/lslogins.12
-rw-r--r--login-utils/runuser.12
-rw-r--r--sys-utils/hwclock.8.in2
-rw-r--r--sys-utils/prlimit.12
-rw-r--r--sys-utils/unshare.12
-rw-r--r--term-utils/agetty.82
-rw-r--r--term-utils/scriptreplay.12
8 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/login-utils/last.1 b/login-utils/last.1
index 23ebaf32e..719a0ede9 100644
--- a/login-utils/last.1
+++ b/login-utils/last.1
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ is the same as the
option. The
.I iso
variant will display the timestamp in ISO-8601 format. The ISO format
-contains timezone information, making it preferrable when printouts are
+contains timezone information, making it preferable when printouts are
investigated outside of the system.
.TP
.BR \-w , " \-\-fullnames"
diff --git a/login-utils/lslogins.1 b/login-utils/lslogins.1
index fd1c66157..ad52936a4 100644
--- a/login-utils/lslogins.1
+++ b/login-utils/lslogins.1
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
.TP
\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-acc\-expiration\fR
Display data about the date of last password change and the account expiration
-date (see \fBshadow\fR(5) for more info). (Requires root priviliges.)
+date (see \fBshadow\fR(5) for more info). (Requires root privileges.)
.TP
\fB\-\-btmp\-file \fIpath\fP
Alternate path for btmp.
diff --git a/login-utils/runuser.1 b/login-utils/runuser.1
index 1fec182c8..0672cd66d 100644
--- a/login-utils/runuser.1
+++ b/login-utils/runuser.1
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ global logindef config file
.BR su (1)
.SH HISTORY
This \fB runuser\fR command was
-derived from coreutils' \fBsu\fR, which was based on an implemenation by
+derived from coreutils' \fBsu\fR, which was based on an implementation by
David MacKenzie, and the Fedora \fBrunuser\fR command by Dan Walsh.
.SH AVAILABILITY
The runuser command is part of the util-linux package and is
diff --git a/sys-utils/hwclock.8.in b/sys-utils/hwclock.8.in
index b13be31a2..fbc10caa3 100644
--- a/sys-utils/hwclock.8.in
+++ b/sys-utils/hwclock.8.in
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ running at their own speed and drifting away from the 'correct' time at
their own rates. The methods and software for drift correction are
different for each of them. However, most systems are configured to
exchange values between these two clocks at startup and shutdown. Now
-the individual device's time keeping errors are transfered back and
+the individual device's time keeping errors are transferred back and
forth between each other. Attempt to configure drift correction for only
one of them, and the other's drift will be overlaid upon it. If the big
picture is not kept in mind, confusion will soon ensue.
diff --git a/sys-utils/prlimit.1 b/sys-utils/prlimit.1
index e5c207156..600c706fc 100644
--- a/sys-utils/prlimit.1
+++ b/sys-utils/prlimit.1
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ of open files to 1024 and 4095, respectively.
Modify only the soft limit for the number of processes.
.IP "\fBprlimit \-\-pid $$ --nproc=unlimited\fP"
Set for the current process both the soft and ceiling values for the number of
-processes to umlimited.
+processes to unlimited.
.IP "\fBprlimit --cpu=10 sort -u hugefile\fP"
Set both the soft and hard CPU time limit to ten seconds and run 'sort'.
diff --git a/sys-utils/unshare.1 b/sys-utils/unshare.1
index f5975d180..99a0d0ae4 100644
--- a/sys-utils/unshare.1
+++ b/sys-utils/unshare.1
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ until after GID map has been set. The GID map is writable by root when
.BR setgroups(2)
is enabled and GID map becomes writable by unprivileged processes when
.BR setgroups(2)
-is permamently disabled.
+is permanently disabled.
.TP
.BR \-V , " \-\-version"
Display version information and exit.
diff --git a/term-utils/agetty.8 b/term-utils/agetty.8
index 1652e0aef..c4b7f13e2 100644
--- a/term-utils/agetty.8
+++ b/term-utils/agetty.8
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ Run login with this priority.
\-\-reload
Ask all running agetty instances to reload and update their displayed prompts,
if the user has not yet commenced logging in. After doing so the command will
-exit. This feature might be unnsupported on systems without Linux
+exit. This feature might be unsupported on systems without Linux
.BR inotify (7).
.TP
\-\-version
diff --git a/term-utils/scriptreplay.1 b/term-utils/scriptreplay.1
index 8c9053aed..312573cf6 100644
--- a/term-utils/scriptreplay.1
+++ b/term-utils/scriptreplay.1
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ For example, a speed-up of 2 makes
go twice as fast, and a speed-up of 0.1 makes it go ten times slower
than the original session.
.SH OPTIONS
-The first three options will overide old-style arguments.
+The first three options will override old-style arguments.
.TP
.BR \-t , " \-\-timing " \fIfile\fR
File containing \fBscript\fR's timing output.