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| author | Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de> | 2014-08-03 07:11:12 +0200 |
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| committer | Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de> | 2015-11-06 13:00:02 +0100 |
| commit | b938cb902c3b5bca807a94b277672c64d6767886 (patch) | |
| tree | 267bd1d61268865fa405b3e5a3027041f7f3a183 /man/sd_bus_creds_new_from_pid.xml | |
| parent | a6bff4a7428b9539d85618e3c91fcb60be93f3fa (diff) | |
doc: correct punctuation and improve typography in documentation
Diffstat (limited to 'man/sd_bus_creds_new_from_pid.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/sd_bus_creds_new_from_pid.xml | 14 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/man/sd_bus_creds_new_from_pid.xml b/man/sd_bus_creds_new_from_pid.xml index a78d3f5717..0194936692 100644 --- a/man/sd_bus_creds_new_from_pid.xml +++ b/man/sd_bus_creds_new_from_pid.xml @@ -191,25 +191,25 @@ subset of fields requested in <parameter>creds_mask</parameter>. </para> - <para>Similar to <function>sd_bus_creds_get_mask()</function> the + <para>Similar to <function>sd_bus_creds_get_mask()</function>, the function <function>sd_bus_creds_get_augmented_mask()</function> returns a bitmask of field constants. The mask indicates which credential fields have been retrieved in a non-atomic fashion. For credential objects created via - <function>sd_bus_creds_new_from_pid()</function> this mask will be + <function>sd_bus_creds_new_from_pid()</function>, this mask will be identical to the mask returned by <function>sd_bus_creds_get_mask()</function>. However, for credential objects retrieved via - <function>sd_bus_get_name_creds()</function> this mask will be set + <function>sd_bus_get_name_creds()</function>, this mask will be set for the credential fields that could not be determined atomically at peer connection time, and which were later added by reading augmenting credential data from <filename>/proc</filename>. Similar, for credential objects - retrieved via <function>sd_bus_get_owner_creds()</function> the + retrieved via <function>sd_bus_get_owner_creds()</function>, the mask is set for the fields that could not be determined atomically at bus creation time, but have been augmented. Similar, for credential objects retrieved via - <function>sd_bus_message_get_creds()</function> the mask is set + <function>sd_bus_message_get_creds()</function>, the mask is set for the fields that could not be determined atomically at message send time, but have been augmented. The mask returned by <function>sd_bus_creds_get_augmented_mask()</function> is always a @@ -218,8 +218,8 @@ object. The latter call hence returns all credential fields available in the credential object, the former then marks the subset of those that have been augmented. Note that augmented - fields are unsuitable for authorization decisions as they may be - retrieved at different times, thus being subject to races. Hence + fields are unsuitable for authorization decisions, as they may be + retrieved at different times, thus being subject to races. Hence, augmented fields should be used exclusively for informational purposes. </para> |