misc. spelling and grammar gnits.

11 files changed, 53 insertions, 54 deletions

diff --git a/share/man/man5/acct.5 b/share/man/man5/acct.5
index c58e12f..ec6f5d7 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/acct.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/acct.5
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
 .\"     @(#)acct.5	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
-.\"	$Id: acct.5,v 1.3 1997/03/07 03:27:57 jmg Exp $
+.\"	$Id: acct.5,v 1.4 1997/03/19 19:48:24 bde Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd June 5, 1993
 .Dt ACCT 5
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ struct acct {
 	short	ac_mem;		/* average memory usage */
 	comp_t	ac_io;		/* count of IO blocks */
 	dev_t	ac_tty;		/* controlling tty */
-#define	AFORK	0x01		/* forked but not execed */
+#define	AFORK	0x01		/* forked but not exec'ed */
 #define	ASU	0x02		/* used super-user permissions */
 #define	ACOMPAT	0x04		/* used compatibility mode */
 #define	ACORE	0x08		/* dumped core */
diff --git a/share/man/man5/fstab.5 b/share/man/man5/fstab.5
index dbccc1d..ad43699 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/fstab.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/fstab.5
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
 .\"     @(#)fstab.5	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
-.\"	$Id: fstab.5,v 1.7 1997/03/07 03:28:01 jmg Exp $
+.\"	$Id: fstab.5,v 1.8 1998/02/26 02:17:42 jkh Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd June 5, 1993
 .Dt FSTAB 5
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ of 2.
 Filesystems within a drive will be checked sequentially,
 but filesystems on different drives will be checked at the
 same time to utilize parallelism available in the hardware.
-If the sixth field is not present or zero,
+If the sixth field is not present or is zero,
 a value of zero is returned and
 .Xr fsck 8
 will assume that the filesystem does not need to be checked.
diff --git a/share/man/man5/group.5 b/share/man/man5/group.5
index bd7f40b..b7d9d81 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/group.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/group.5
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
 .\"     From: @(#)group.5	8.3 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
-.\"	$Id: group.5,v 1.11 1997/03/12 13:46:15 mpp Exp $
+.\"	$Id: group.5,v 1.12 1997/03/12 14:05:28 mpp Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd September 29, 1994
 .Dt GROUP 5
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Group members.
 .El
 .Pp
 Lines whose first non-whitespace character is a pound-sign (#)
-are comments, and are ignored. Blank lines which consist 
+are comments, and are ignored. Blank lines that consist 
 only of spaces, tabs or newlines are also ignored.
 .Pp
 The
@@ -129,16 +129,16 @@ Thus, the group name returned by
 is not guaranteed to have a valid forward mapping.
 .Sh LIMITS
 There are various limitations which are explained in
-the function where they occurs; see section
+the function where they occur; see section
 .Sx SEE ALSO .
 
 In older implementations, 
 a group cannot have more than 200 members. The maximum line length of
 .Pa /etc/group
 is 1024 characters. Longer lines will be skipped.
-This limitations disappeared in
+This limitation disappeared in
 .Fx 3.0 .
-Older binaries which are statically linked, depend on old
+Older binaries that are statically linked, depend on old
 shared libraries, or non-FreeBSD binaries in compatibility mode
 may still have this limits.
 .Sh FILES
diff --git a/share/man/man5/hosts.5 b/share/man/man5/hosts.5
index 8c3c71f..e184372 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/hosts.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/hosts.5
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
 .\"     @(#)hosts.5	8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93
-.\"	$Id$
+.\"	$Id: hosts.5,v 1.3 1997/03/07 03:28:02 jmg Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd December 11, 1993
 .Dt HOSTS 5
@@ -58,11 +58,11 @@ not interpreted by routines which search the file.
 .Pp
 When using the name server
 .Xr named 8 ,
-this file provides a backup when the name server
+this file provides a backup used when the name server
 is not running.
 For the name server, it is suggested that only a few addresses
 be included in this file.
-These include  address for the local interfaces that 
+These include addresses for the local interfaces that 
 .Xr ifconfig 8
 needs at boot time and a few machines on the local network.
 .Pp
diff --git a/share/man/man5/hosts.equiv.5 b/share/man/man5/hosts.equiv.5
index 3093b2d..9842ec7 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/hosts.equiv.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/hosts.equiv.5
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\"	$Id$
+.\"	$Id: hosts.equiv.5,v 1.5 1997/02/22 13:26:02 peter Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd Feb 1996
 .Dt HOSTS.EQUIV 5
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ The
 .Nm hosts.equiv
 and
 .Nm .rhosts
-files contains information regarding
+files contain information regarding
 trusted hosts and users on the network.
 For each host a single line should be present
 with the following information:
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ or the more verbose
 .Ed
 .Pp
 A ``@'' indicates a host by netgroup or user by netgroup. A single
-``+'' match all hosts or users.  A host name with leading ``-'' will reject
+``+'' matches all hosts or users.  A host name with a leading ``-'' will reject
 all matching hosts and all their users. A user name with leading ``-''
 will reject all matching users from matching hosts.
 .Pp
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ Host names may contain any printable
 character other than a field delimiter, newline,
 or comment character.
 .Pp
-For security reasons, a users 
+For security reasons, a user's
 .Nm .rhosts
 file will be ignored if it is not a regular file, or if it 
 is not owned by the user, or
@@ -123,4 +123,3 @@ file resides in
 .Sh BUGS
 This man page is incomplete. For more information read
 the source in lib/libc/net/rcmd.c or the sunos man page.
-
diff --git a/share/man/man5/kernfs.5 b/share/man/man5/kernfs.5
index 77e18467..76d12ad 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/kernfs.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/kernfs.5
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\"	$Id: kernfs.5,v 1.4 1998/03/12 07:30:48 charnier Exp $
+.\"	$Id: kernfs.5,v 1.5 1998/05/03 17:57:39 steve Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd December 14, 1996
 .Dt kernfs 5
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ The contents of the files are in a machine-independent format,
 either a string or an integer in decimal ASCII.  A trailing
 newline character is added when a number is returned.
 .Pp
-The mount point contains the following  files:
+The mount point contains the following files:
 .Bl -tag -width copyright
 .It Pa bootfile
 The path from which the current kernel was booted.
diff --git a/share/man/man5/networks.5 b/share/man/man5/networks.5
index ec6e174..347acb6 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/networks.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/networks.5
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
 .\"     @(#)networks.5	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
-.\"	$Id$
+.\"	$Id: networks.5,v 1.3 1997/03/07 03:28:03 jmg Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd June 5, 1993
 .Dt NETWORKS 5
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ though local
 changes may be required to bring it up to date regarding unofficial aliases
 and/or unknown networks.
 .Pp
-Network number may be specified in the conventional
+Network numbers may be specified in the conventional
 ``.''  (dot) notation using the
 .Xr inet_network 3
 routine
diff --git a/share/man/man5/passwd.5 b/share/man/man5/passwd.5
index 7776ed8..9bd31ee 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/passwd.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/passwd.5
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
 .\"     From: @(#)passwd.5	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
-.\"	$Id: passwd.5,v 1.19 1998/05/15 09:19:03 jkoshy Exp $
+.\"	$Id: passwd.5,v 1.20 1998/06/13 19:14:11 steve Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd September 29, 1994
 .Dt PASSWD 5
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ that manipulate these files will often return only one of the multiple
 entries, and that one by random selection.
 .Pp
 The login name must never begin with a hyphen (``-''); also, it is strongly
-suggested that neither upper-case characters or dots (``.'') be part
+suggested that neither upper-case characters nor dots (``.'') be part
 of the name, as this tends to confuse mailers.  No field may contain a
 colon (``:'') as this has been used historically to separate the fields
 in the user database.
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ which disallows normal logins.
 The group field is the group that the user will be placed in upon login.
 Although this system supports multiple groups (see
 .Xr groups 1 )
-this field nominates the user's primary groups.
+this field indicates the user's primary group.
 Secondary group memberships are selected in
 .Pa /etc/group .
 .Pp
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ This information is used by the
 program, and the first field used by the system mailer.
 If an ampersand
 .Ql \&&
-character appears within the fullname field, programs which
+character appears within the fullname field, programs that
 use this field will substitute it with a capitalized version
 of the account's login name.
 .Pp
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ entry, because it matches all users (the `+' without any other information
 matches everybody) and allows all NIS password data to be retrieved
 unaltered. However, by
 specifying a username or netgroup next to the `+' in the NIS
-entry, the administrator can affect what data is extracted from the
+entry, the administrator can affect what data are extracted from the
 NIS passwd maps and how it is interpreted. Here are a few example
 records that illustrate this feature (note that you can have several
 NIS entries in a single
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ users who are allowed access and omit the rest.
 .Pp
 Note that the plus and minus entries are evaluated in order from
 first to last with the first match taking precedence. This means
-that the system will only use the first entry which matches a particular user.
+the system will only use the first entry that matches a particular user.
 If, for instance, we have a user ``foo'' who is a member of both the ``staff''
 netgroup and the ``rejected-users'' netgroup, he will be admitted to
 the system because the above example lists the entry for ``staff'' 
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ Again, note that the NIS '+' and '-' entries
 themselves are handled in the order in which they were specified
 in the
 .Pa /etc/master.passwd
-file since doing otherwise would lead to unpredicable behavior.
+file since doing otherwise would lead to unpredictable behavior.
 .Pp
 The end result is that
 .Tn FreeBSD Ns 's
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ of
 .Tn SunOS Ns 's
 behavior while maintaining the database paradigm, though the
 .Xr getpwent 3
-functions do behave somewhat differently that their
+functions do behave somewhat differently from their
 .Tn SunOS
 counterparts.
 The primary differences are:
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ is specified as:
 
 .Ed
 the system will first try to match users against a netgroup called
-`operator.' If an `operator' netgroup doesn't exist, the system
+`operator'. If an `operator' netgroup doesn't exist, the system
 will try to match users against the normal `operator' group
 instead. 
 .Ss Changes in behavior from older versions of
diff --git a/share/man/man5/procfs.5 b/share/man/man5/procfs.5
index 53d2c93..d7010c7 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/procfs.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/procfs.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $Id: procfs.5,v 1.8 1997/02/22 13:26:06 peter Exp $
+.\" $Id: procfs.5,v 1.9 1998/03/12 07:30:48 charnier Exp $
 .\" Written by Garrett Wollman
 .\" This file is in the public domain.
 .\"
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ primary group, except for the
 .Pa mem
 node, which belongs to the
 .Li kmem
+group.
 .Sh FILES
 .Bl -tag -width /proc/curproc/XXXXXXX -compact
 .It Pa /proc
diff --git a/share/man/man5/remote.5 b/share/man/man5/remote.5
index bd99f06..fd252da 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/remote.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/remote.5
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
 .\"     @(#)remote.5	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
-.\"	$Id$
+.\"	$Id: remote.5,v 1.3 1997/03/07 03:28:05 jmg Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd June 5, 1993
 .Dt REMOTE 5
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ continued on the next line.
 The first entry is the name(s) of the host system.  If there is more
 than one name for a system, the names are separated by vertical bars.
 After the name of the system comes the fields of the description.  A
-field name followed by an `=' sign indicates a string value follows.  A field
-name followed by a `#' sign indicates a following numeric value.
+field name followed by an `=' sign indicates a string value.
+A field name followed by a `#' sign indicates a numeric value.
 .Pp
 Entries named ``tip*'' and ``cu*''
 are used as default entries by 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ The default baud rate is 300 baud.
 (str)
 An initial connection message to be sent
 to the remote host.  For example, if a
-host is reached through port selector, this
+host is reached through a port selector, this
 might be set to the appropriate sequence
 required to switch to the host.
 .It Cm \&cu
@@ -164,9 +164,9 @@ an @ sign,
 .Nm tip
 searches the file
 .Pa /etc/phones
-file for a list of telephone numbers;
-(See
-.Xr phones 5 . )
+file for a list of telephone numbers
+(see
+.Xr phones 5 ) .
 .It Cm \&tc
 (str)
 Indicates that the list of capabilities is continued
diff --git a/share/man/man5/utmp.5 b/share/man/man5/utmp.5
index 0660ad9..a68ca09 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/utmp.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/utmp.5
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
 .\"     @(#)utmp.5	8.2 (Berkeley) 3/17/94
-.\"	$Id: utmp.5,v 1.6 1998/01/02 19:22:52 alex Exp $
+.\"	$Id: utmp.5,v 1.7 1998/01/03 20:31:25 steve Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd March 17, 1994
 .Dt UTMP 5
@@ -58,11 +58,10 @@ the
 .Nm wtmp
 file.
 .Pp
-These files can grow rapidly on busy systems, daily or weekly rotation
+These files can grow rapidly on busy systems, so daily or weekly rotation
 is recommended. 
-If any of these files do not exist, it is not created.
-These
-files must be created manually and are maintained by
+If any one of these files does not exist, it is not created.
+They must be created manually and are maintained by
 .Xr newsyslog 8 .
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 #define _PATH_UTMP      "/var/run/utmp"
@@ -95,10 +94,10 @@ in the file
 .Nm lastlog.
 If it is found, the timestamp of the last time the user logged
 in, the terminal line and the hostname
-are written to the standard output. (Providing the login is not
+are written to the standard output (unless the login is
 .Em quiet ,
 see
-.Xr login 1 . )
+.Xr login 1 ) .
 The
 .Nm login
 program then records the new login time in the file
@@ -106,7 +105,7 @@ program then records the new login time in the file
 .Pp
 After the new
 .Fa lastlog
-record is written ,
+record is written,
 .\" the
 .\" .Xr libutil 3
 .\" routine
@@ -136,8 +135,8 @@ record.
 The same
 .Fa utmp
 record, with an updated time stamp is later appended
-to the file when the user logs out. (See
-.Xr init 8 . )
+to the file when the user logs out (see
+.Xr init 8 ) .
 The
 .Nm wtmp
 file is used by the programs
@@ -163,16 +162,16 @@ and
 or
 .Li shutdown
 in the field
-.Fa ut_name .
-(See
+.Fa ut_name
+(see
 .Xr shutdown 8
 and
-.Xr reboot 8 . )
+.Xr reboot 8 ) .
 .Pp
 .It Li date
-The system time has been manually or automatically updated.
-(See
-.Xr date 1 . )
+The system time has been manually or automatically updated
+(see
+.Xr date 1 ) .
 The command name
 .Xr date
 is recorded in the field