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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/sys/intro.2')
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1 files changed, 17 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/intro.2 b/lib/libc/sys/intro.2 index 07c1a02..56dbcd7 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/intro.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/intro.2 @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ their error returns, and other common definitions and concepts. .Sh RETURN VALUES Nearly all of the system calls provide an error number referenced via the external identifier errno. -This identifier is defined in +This identifier is defined in .Aq Pa sys/errno.h as .Pp @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ An attempt was made to perform an operation limited to processes with appropriate privileges or to the owner of a file or other resources. .It Er 2 ENOENT Em "No such file or directory" . -A component of a specified pathname did not exist, or the +A component of a specified pathname did not exist, or the pathname was an empty string. .It Er 3 ESRCH Em "No such process" . No process could be found corresponding to that specified by the given @@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ was supplied to a remove directory or rename call. .It Er 68 EUSERS Em "Too many users" . The quota system ran out of table entries. .It Er 69 EDQUOT Em "Disc quota exceeded" . -A +A .Xr write 2 to an ordinary file, the creation of a directory or symbolic link, or the creation of a directory @@ -395,10 +395,10 @@ was exhausted. An attempt was made to access an open file (on an .Tn NFS filesystem) -which is now unavailable as referenced by the file descriptor. +which is now unavailable as referenced by the file descriptor. This may indicate the file was deleted on the -.Tn NFS -server or some +.Tn NFS +server or some other catastrophic event occurred. .It Er 72 EBADRPC Em "RPC struct is bad" . Exchange of @@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ the local version. .It Er 74 EPROGUNAVAIL Em "RPC prog. not avail" . The requested program is not registered on the remote host. .It Er 75 EPROGMISMATCH Em "Program version wrong" . -The requested version of the program is not available +The requested version of the program is not available on the remote host .Pq Tn RPC . .It Er 76 EPROCUNAVAIL Em "Bad procedure for program" . @@ -421,13 +421,13 @@ An call was attempted for a procedure which doesn't exist in the remote program. .It Er 77 ENOLCK Em "No locks available" . -A system-imposed limit on the number of simultaneous file +A system-imposed limit on the number of simultaneous file locks was reached. .It Er 78 ENOSYS Em "Function not implemented" . -Attempted a system call that is not available on this +Attempted a system call that is not available on this system. .It Er 79 EFTYPE Em "Inappropriate file type or format" . -The file was the wrong type for the operation, or a data file had +The file was the wrong type for the operation, or a data file had the wrong format. .It Er 80 EAUTH Em "Authentication error" . Attempted to use an invalid authentication ticket to mount a @@ -448,8 +448,8 @@ provided space. .It Er 85 ECANCELED Em "Operation canceled" . The scheduled operation was canceled. .It Er 86 EILSEQ Em "Illegal byte sequence" . -While decoding a multibyte character the function came along an -invalid or an incomplete sequence of bytes or the given wide +While decoding a multibyte character the function came along an +invalid or an incomplete sequence of bytes or the given wide character is invalid. .El .Sh DEFINITIONS @@ -519,10 +519,10 @@ The process group of a session leader is orphaned by definition. Each user on the system is identified by a positive integer termed the real user ID. .Pp -Each user is also a member of one or more groups. +Each user is also a member of one or more groups. One of these groups is distinguished from others and used in implementing accounting facilities. The positive -integer corresponding to this distinguished group is termed +integer corresponding to this distinguished group is termed the real group ID. .Pp All processes have a real user ID and real group ID. @@ -653,13 +653,13 @@ These permissions are used in determining whether a process may perform a requested operation on the file (such as opening a file for writing). Access permissions are established at the time a file is created. They may be changed at some later time -through the +through the .Xr chmod 2 -call. +call. .Pp File access is broken down according to whether a file may be: read, written, or executed. Directory files use the execute -permission to control if the directory may be searched. +permission to control if the directory may be searched. .Pp File access permissions are interpreted by the system as they apply to three different classes of users: the owner |