<para>
The default encryption algorithm can be defined for the system with
the <option>ENCRYPT_METHOD</option> variable of <filename>/etc/login.defs</filename>,
- and can be overwiten with the <option>-e</option>,
+ and can be overwritten with the <option>-e</option>,
<option>-m</option>, or <option>-c</option> options.
</para>
<para>
The default encryption algorithm can be defined for the system with
the <option>ENCRYPT_METHOD</option> or
<option>MD5_CRYPT_ENAB</option> variables of
- <filename>/etc/login.defs</filename>, and can be overwitten with the
+ <filename>/etc/login.defs</filename>, and can be overwritten with the
<option>-e</option>, <option>-m</option>, or <option>-c</option>
options.
</para>
<phrase condition="pam">Except when PAM is used to encrypt the
passwords,</phrase> <command>chpasswd</command> first updates all the
passwords in memory, and then commits all the changes to disk if no
- errors occured for any user.
+ errors occurred for any user.
</para>
<para condition="pam">
When PAM is used to encrypt the passwords (and update the passwords in
<listitem><para>A: max address space (KB)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>C: max core file size (KB)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>D: max data size (KB)</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>F: maximum filesize (KB)</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>F: maximum file size (KB)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>K: file creation mask, set by
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>umask</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum>
<term>gid</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Begining of the range of GIDs inside the user namespace.
+ Beginning of the range of GIDs inside the user namespace.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<refsect1 id='history'>
<title>HISTORY</title>
<para>
- The <command>nologin</command> command appearred in BSD 4.4.
+ The <command>nologin</command> command appeared in BSD 4.4.
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
</para>
<para>
- You can find advices on how to choose a strong password on
+ You can find advice on how to choose a strong password on
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Password_strength
</para>
</refsect2>
<para condition="tcb">
Note that when <option>USE_TCB</option> is enabled, you cannot
specify an alternative <replaceable>shadow</replaceable> file. In
- future releases, this paramater could be replaced by an alternate
+ future releases, this parameter could be replaced by an alternate
TCB directory.
</para>
</refsect1>
</para>
<para>
The value 0 has a special meaning, which is that the user
- should change her pasword the next time she will log in the
+ should change her password the next time she will log in the
system.
</para>
<para>
</para>
<para>
Note that an account expiration differs from a password
- expiration. In case of an acount expiration, the user shall
+ expiration. In case of an account expiration, the user shall
not be allowed to login. In case of a password expiration,
the user is not allowed to login using her password.
</para>
</para>
<para>
The executed command will have no controlling terminal. This
- option cannot be used to execute interractive programs which
+ option cannot be used to execute interactive programs which
need a controlling TTY.
<!-- This avoids TTY hijacking when su is used to lower
privileges -->
<para>The shell that will be invoked.</para>
<para>
The invoked shell is chosen from (highest priority first):
- <!--This should be an orderedlist, but lists inside another
+ <!--This should be an ordered list, but lists inside another
list does not work well with current docbook.
- nekral - 2009.06.03 -->
<variablelist>
<!-- .RS -->
<literallayout remap='.nf'>
- 1) the user su is targetting
+ 1) the user su is targeting
</literallayout>
<!-- .fi -->
<para>
<para>
from-id is formatted the same as to-id except the extra word
- <emphasis>GROUP</emphasis> is recognised. <emphasis>ALL EXCEPT
+ <emphasis>GROUP</emphasis> is recognized. <emphasis>ALL EXCEPT
GROUP</emphasis> is perfectly valid too. Following
<emphasis>GROUP</emphasis> appears one or more group names, delimited
by ",". It is not sufficient to have primary group id of the relevant
group, an entry in
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>/etc/group</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> is neccessary.
+ <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> is necessary.
</para>
<para>
</para>
Example: <option>-K</option> <replaceable>PASS_MAX_DAYS</replaceable>=<replaceable>-1</replaceable>
can be used when creating system account to turn off password
- ageing, even though system account has no password at all.
+ aging, even though system account has no password at all.
Multiple <option>-K</option> options can be specified, e.g.:
<option>-K</option> <replaceable>UID_MIN</replaceable>=<replaceable>100</replaceable>
<option>-K</option> <replaceable>UID_MAX</replaceable>=<replaceable>499</replaceable>
</para>
<para>
By default, the user's entries in the lastlog and faillog
- databases are resetted to avoid reusing the entry from a previously
+ databases are reset to avoid reusing the entry from a previously
deleted user.
</para>
</listitem>
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