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authorJan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>2013-07-02 05:44:04 +0200
committerZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>2013-07-03 08:19:20 -0400
commit409dee2e44e7dc73d6bf00d782938e4cb4105f5b (patch)
treed7b1b56af3366bb15f2743cc767a0c51a966e5fa /man
parent337fa161c40f26cb7c33847d666556d28905b6a9 (diff)
man: more grammar improvements
- place commas - expand contractions (this is written prose :) - add some missing words
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
-rw-r--r--man/bootchart.conf.xml6
-rw-r--r--man/bootup.xml27
-rw-r--r--man/crypttab.xml10
-rw-r--r--man/daemon.xml130
-rw-r--r--man/halt.xml8
-rw-r--r--man/hostname.xml2
-rw-r--r--man/hostnamectl.xml4
-rw-r--r--man/journalctl.xml58
-rw-r--r--man/journald.conf.xml84
-rw-r--r--man/kernel-command-line.xml30
-rw-r--r--man/kernel-install.xml6
-rw-r--r--man/locale.conf.xml6
-rw-r--r--man/localectl.xml8
-rw-r--r--man/localtime.xml4
-rw-r--r--man/loginctl.xml20
-rw-r--r--man/logind.conf.xml16
-rw-r--r--man/machine-id.xml6
-rw-r--r--man/systemd.unit.xml2
18 files changed, 217 insertions, 210 deletions
diff --git a/man/bootchart.conf.xml b/man/bootchart.conf.xml
index 7fd47ebe96..68d10d4415 100644
--- a/man/bootchart.conf.xml
+++ b/man/bootchart.conf.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>Samples=500</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Configure the amount of samples to
- record total before bootchart exits. Each sample will
+ record in total before bootchart exits. Each sample will
record at intervals defined by Frequency=.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>Output=[path]</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Configures the output folder for writing
+ <listitem><para>Configures the output directory for writing
the graphs. By default, bootchart writes the graphs to
<filename>/run/log</filename>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>PlotMemoryUsage=no</varname></term>
<listitem><para>If set to yes, enables logging and graphing
- of processes PSS memory consumption.</para></listitem>
+ of processes' PSS memory consumption.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
diff --git a/man/bootup.xml b/man/bootup.xml
index a596e85b70..65c2cee70e 100644
--- a/man/bootup.xml
+++ b/man/bootup.xml
@@ -56,26 +56,27 @@
and hand control over to a boot loader stored on a
persistent storage device. This boot loader will then
invoke an OS kernel from disk (or the network). In the
- Linux case this kernel (optionally) extracts and
- executes an initial RAM disk image (initrd) such as
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>dracut</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ Linux case, this kernel (optionally) extracts and
+ executes an initial RAM disk image (initrd), such as
+ generated by
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>dracut</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
which looks for the root file system (possibly using
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for this). After the root file system is found and
- mounted the initrd hands over control to the host's
+ mounted, the initrd hands over control to the host's
system manager (such as
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>)
- stored on the OS image which is then responsible for
+ stored on the OS image, which is then responsible for
probing all remaining hardware, mounting all necessary
file systems and spawning all configured
services.</para>
- <para>On shutdown the system manager stops all
+ <para>On shutdown, the system manager stops all
services, unmounts all file systems (detaching the
storage technologies backing them), and then
(optionally) jumps back into the initrd code which
unmounts/detaches the root file system and the storage
- it resides on. As last step the system is powered down.</para>
+ it resides on. As a last step, the system is powered down.</para>
<para>Additional information about the system boot
process may be found in
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@
systems, services and drivers that are necessary for
operation of the system. On
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- systems this process is split up in various discrete
+ systems, this process is split up in various discrete
steps which are exposed as target units. (See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.target</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for detailed information about target units.) The
@@ -99,17 +100,17 @@
deterministic, but still adheres to a limited amount
of ordering structure.</para>
- <para>When systemd starts up the system it will
+ <para>When systemd starts up the system, it will
activate all units that are dependencies of
<filename>default.target</filename> (as well as
recursively all dependencies of these
- dependencies). Usually
+ dependencies). Usually,
<filename>default.target</filename> is simply an alias
of <filename>graphical.target</filename> or
- <filename>multi-user.target</filename> depending on
+ <filename>multi-user.target</filename>, depending on
whether the system is configured for a graphical UI or
only for a text console. To enforce minimal ordering
- between the units pulled in a number of well-known
+ between the units pulled in, a number of well-known
target units are available, as listed on
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.special</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
@@ -178,7 +179,7 @@
<refsect1>
<title>Bootup in the Initial RAM Disk (initrd)</title>
<para>The initial RAM disk implementation (initrd) can
- be set up using systemd as well. In this case boot up
+ be set up using systemd as well. In this case, boot up
inside the initrd follows the following
structure.</para>
diff --git a/man/crypttab.xml b/man/crypttab.xml
index 1063b46e06..e52b7e6015 100644
--- a/man/crypttab.xml
+++ b/man/crypttab.xml
@@ -83,15 +83,15 @@
underlying block device, or a specification of a block
device via <literal>UUID=</literal> followed by the
UUID. If the block device contains a LUKS signature,
- it is opened as a LUKS encrypted partition; otherwise
+ it is opened as a LUKS encrypted partition; otherwise,
it is assumed to be a raw dm-crypt partition.</para>
<para>The third field specifies the encryption
password. If the field is not present or the password
is set to none, the password has to be manually
- entered during system boot. Otherwise the field is
+ entered during system boot. Otherwise, the field is
interpreted as a path to a file containing the
- encryption password. For swap encryption
+ encryption password. For swap encryption,
<filename>/dev/urandom</filename> or the hardware
device <filename>/dev/hw_random</filename> can be used
as the password file; using
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@
<listitem><para>The system will not
wait for the device to show up and be
unlocked at boot, and not fail the
- boot if it doesn't show
+ boot if it does not show
up.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
</variablelist>
<para>At early boot and when the system manager
- configuration is reloaded this file is translated into
+ configuration is reloaded, this file is translated into
native systemd units
by <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-cryptsetup-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</refsect1>
diff --git a/man/daemon.xml b/man/daemon.xml
index 76ae832a42..7790420c6e 100644
--- a/man/daemon.xml
+++ b/man/daemon.xml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
descriptors 0, 1, 2). This ensures
that no accidentally passed file
descriptor stays around in the daemon
- process. On Linux this is best
+ process. On Linux, this is best
implemented by iterating through
<filename>/proc/self/fd</filename>,
with a fallback of iterating from file
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
<listitem><para>In the child, call
<function>fork()</function> again, to
- ensure the daemon can never re-acquire
+ ensure that the daemon can never re-acquire
a terminal again.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Call <function>exit()</function> in the
@@ -150,15 +150,15 @@
<function>getpid()</function>) to a
PID file, for example
<filename>/var/run/foobar.pid</filename>
- (for a hypothetical daemon "foobar"),
+ (for a hypothetical daemon "foobar")
to ensure that the daemon cannot be
started more than once. This must be
implemented in race-free fashion so
that the PID file is only updated when
- at the same time it is verified that
+ it is verified at the same time that
the PID previously stored in the PID
file no longer exists or belongs to a
- foreign process. Commonly some kind of
+ foreign process. Commonly, some kind of
file locking is employed to implement
this logic.</para></listitem>
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
applicable.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>From the daemon
- process notify the original process
+ process, notify the original process
started that initialization is
complete. This can be implemented via
an unnamed pipe or similar
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
implement the scheme pointed out
above. However, it is recommended to make this
behavior optional and configurable via a
- command line argument, to ease debugging as
+ command line argument to ease debugging as
well as to simplify integration into systems
using systemd.</para>
</refsect2>
@@ -211,20 +211,20 @@
runtime and simplifies their
implementation.</para>
- <para>For developing a new-style daemon none
+ <para>For developing a new-style daemon, none
of the initialization steps recommended for
SysV daemons need to be implemented. New-style
init systems such as systemd make all of them
redundant. Moreover, since some of these steps
interfere with process monitoring, file
descriptor passing and other functionality of
- the init system it is recommended not to
+ the init system, it is recommended not to
execute them when run as new-style
service.</para>
<para>Note that new-style init systems
guarantee execution of daemon processes in
- clean process contexts: it is guaranteed that
+ a clean process context: it is guaranteed that
the environment block is sanitized, that the
signal handlers and mask is reset and that no
left-over file descriptors are passed. Daemons
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@
scripts</ulink>.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>If possible and
- applicable expose the daemon's control
+ applicable, expose the daemon's control
interface via the D-Bus IPC system and
grab a bus name as last step of
initialization.</para></listitem>
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@
rely on the init system's
functionality to limit the access of
the daemon to files, services and
- other resources. i.e. in the case of
+ other resources, i.e. in the case of
systemd, rely on systemd's resource
limit control instead of implementing
your own, rely on systemd's privilege
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@
controls.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>If D-Bus is used, make
- your daemon bus-activatable, via
+ your daemon bus-activatable by
supplying a D-Bus service activation
configuration file. This has multiple
advantages: your daemon may be started
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@
parallel to other daemons requiring it
-- which maximizes parallelization and
boot-up speed; your daemon can be
- restarted on failure, without losing
+ restarted on failure without losing
any bus requests, as the bus queues
requests for activatable services. See
below for details.</para></listitem>
@@ -304,17 +304,17 @@
socket, it should be made
socket-activatable following the
scheme pointed out below. Like D-Bus
- activation this enables on-demand
+ activation, this enables on-demand
starting of services as well as it
allows improved parallelization of
service start-up. Also, for state-less
- protocols (such as syslog, DNS) a
+ protocols (such as syslog, DNS), a
daemon implementing socket-based
activation can be restarted without
losing a single request. See below for
details.</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>If applicable a daemon
+ <listitem><para>If applicable, a daemon
should notify the init system about
startup completion or status updates
via the
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@
choose to simply log to STDERR via
<function>fprintf()</function>, which is then forwarded to
syslog by the init system. If log
- priorities are necessary these can be
+ priorities are necessary, these can be
encoded by prefixing individual log
lines with strings like "&lt;4&gt;"
(for log priority 4 "WARNING" in the
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@
kind of logging may be enabled by
setting
<varname>StandardError=syslog</varname>
- in the service unit file. For details
+ in the service unit file. For details,
see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-daemon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
and
@@ -374,9 +374,9 @@
when a printer is plugged in, or when a file is queued
in the printer spool directory. Even for services that
are intended to be started on system bootup
- unconditionally it is a good idea to implement some of
+ unconditionally, it is a good idea to implement some of
the various activation schemes outlined below, in
- order to maximize parallelization: if a daemon
+ order to maximize parallelization. If a daemon
implements a D-Bus service or listening socket,
implementing the full bus and socket activation scheme
allows starting of the daemon with its clients in
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@
communication channels are established already, and no
request is lost because client requests will be queued
by the bus system (in case of D-Bus) or the kernel (in
- case of sockets), until the activation is
+ case of sockets) until the activation is
completed.</para>
<refsect2>
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@
Specification</ulink>. This method of
activation is supported ubiquitously on Linux
init systems, both old-style and new-style
- systems. Among other issues SysV init scripts
+ systems. Among other issues, SysV init scripts
have the disadvantage of involving shell
scripts in the boot process. New-style init
systems generally employ updated versions of
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@
<para>In systemd, if the developer or
administrator wants to make sure a service or
- other unit is activated automatically on boot
+ other unit is activated automatically on boot,
it is recommended to place a symlink to the
unit file in the <filename>.wants/</filename>
directory of either
@@ -434,25 +434,25 @@
recommended for all new-style daemons that
communicate via listening sockets to employ
socket-based activation. In a socket-based
- activation scheme the creation and binding of
+ activation scheme, the creation and binding of
the listening socket as primary communication
channel of daemons to local (and sometimes
remote) clients is moved out of the daemon
code and into the init system. Based on
- per-daemon configuration the init system
+ per-daemon configuration, the init system
installs the sockets and then hands them off
to the spawned process as soon as the
respective daemon is to be started.
- Optionally activation of the service can be
+ Optionally, activation of the service can be
delayed until the first inbound traffic
- arrives at the socket, to implement on-demand
+ arrives at the socket to implement on-demand
activation of daemons. However, the primary
advantage of this scheme is that all providers
and all consumers of the sockets can be
started in parallel as soon as all sockets
- are established. In addition to that daemons
+ are established. In addition to that, daemons
can be restarted with losing only a minimal
- number of client transactions or even any
+ number of client transactions, or even any
client request at all (the latter is
particularly true for state-less protocols,
such as DNS or syslog), because the socket
@@ -462,16 +462,16 @@
<para>New-style daemons which support socket
activation must be able to receive their
- sockets from the init system, instead of
+ sockets from the init system instead of
creating and binding them themselves. For
details about the programming interfaces for
- this scheme provided by systemd see
+ this scheme provided by systemd, see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_listen_fds</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
and
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-daemon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>. For
details about porting existing daemons to
- socket-based activation see below. With
- minimal effort it is possible to implement
+ socket-based activation, see below. With
+ minimal effort, it is possible to implement
socket-based activation in addition to
traditional internal socket creation in the
same codebase in order to support both
@@ -483,20 +483,20 @@
units, which are described in
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.socket</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. When
configuring socket units for socket-based
- activation it is essential that all listening
+ activation, it is essential that all listening
sockets are pulled in by the special target
unit <filename>sockets.target</filename>. It
is recommended to place a
<varname>WantedBy=sockets.target</varname>
directive in the <literal>[Install]</literal>
- section, to automatically add such a
+ section to automatically add such a
dependency on installation of a socket
unit. Unless
<varname>DefaultDependencies=no</varname> is
- set the necessary ordering dependencies are
+ set, the necessary ordering dependencies are
implicitly created for all socket units. For
more information about
- <filename>sockets.target</filename> see
+ <filename>sockets.target</filename>, see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.special</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>. It
is not necessary or recommended to place any
additional dependencies on socket units (for
@@ -518,16 +518,16 @@
service files (not to be confused with systemd
service unit files!). To ensure that D-Bus
uses systemd to start-up and maintain the
- daemon use the
+ daemon, use the
<varname>SystemdService=</varname> directive
- in these service files, to configure the
+ in these service files to configure the
matching systemd service for a D-Bus
- service. e.g.: for a D-Bus service whose D-Bus
+ service. e.g.: For a D-Bus service whose D-Bus
activation file is named
<filename>org.freedesktop.RealtimeKit.service</filename>,
make sure to set
<varname>SystemdService=rtkit-daemon.service</varname>
- in that file, to bind it to the systemd
+ in that file to bind it to the systemd
service
<filename>rtkit-daemon.service</filename>. This
is needed to make sure that the daemon is
@@ -542,23 +542,23 @@
type of hardware should be activated only when
the hardware of the respective kind is plugged
in or otherwise becomes available. In a
- new-style init system it is possible to bind
+ new-style init system, it is possible to bind
activation to hardware plug/unplug events. In
systemd, kernel devices appearing in the
sysfs/udev device tree can be exposed as units
if they are tagged with the string
<literal>systemd</literal>. Like any other
- kind of unit they may then pull in other units
- when activated (i.e. Plugged in) and thus
- implement device-based activation. Systemd
+ kind of unit, they may then pull in other units
+ when activated (i.e. plugged in) and thus
+ implement device-based activation. systemd
dependencies may be encoded in the udev
database via the
<varname>SYSTEMD_WANTS=</varname>
property. See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.device</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for details. Often it is nicer to pull in
+ for details. Often, it is nicer to pull in
services from devices only indirectly via
- dedicated targets. Example: instead of pulling
+ dedicated targets. Example: Instead of pulling
in <filename>bluetoothd.service</filename>
from all the various bluetooth dongles and
other hardware available, pull in
@@ -610,10 +610,10 @@
<para>Other forms of activation have been
suggested and implemented in some
- systems. However, often there are simpler or
+ systems. However, there are often simpler or
better alternatives, or they can be put
together of combinations of the schemes
- above. Example: sometimes it appears useful to
+ above. Example: Sometimes, it appears useful to
start daemons or <filename>.socket</filename>
units when a specific IP address is configured
on a network interface, because network
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@
service activation is low system
load. However, here too, a more convincing
approach might be to make proper use of
- features of the operating system: in
+ features of the operating system, in
particular, the CPU or IO scheduler of
Linux. Instead of scheduling jobs from
userspace based on monitoring the OS
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@
suggestions:</para>
<orderedlist>
- <listitem><para>If possible do not use
+ <listitem><para>If possible, do not use
the <varname>Type=forking</varname>
setting in service files. But if you
do, make sure to set the PID file path
@@ -711,15 +711,15 @@
information for the unit file. See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for details. To activate your service
- on boot make sure to add a
+ on boot, make sure to add a
<varname>WantedBy=multi-user.target</varname>
or
<varname>WantedBy=graphical.target</varname>
directive. To activate your socket on
boot, make sure to add
- <varname>WantedBy=sockets.target</varname>. Usually
+ <varname>WantedBy=sockets.target</varname>. Usually,
you also want to make sure that when
- your service is installed your socket
+ your service is installed, your socket
is installed too, hence add
<varname>Also=foo.socket</varname> in
your service file
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@
<para>At the build installation time
(e.g. <command>make install</command> during
- package build) packages are recommended to
+ package build), packages are recommended to
install their systemd unit files in the
directory returned by <command>pkg-config
systemd
@@ -748,12 +748,12 @@
request but not activate them automatically
during boot. Optionally, during package
installation (e.g. <command>rpm -i</command>
- by the administrator) symlinks should be
+ by the administrator), symlinks should be
created in the systemd configuration
directories via the <command>enable</command>
command of the
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- tool, to activate them automatically on
+ tool to activate them automatically on
boot.</para>
<para>Packages using
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ endif</programlisting>
<para>In the
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>rpm</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- <filename>.spec</filename> file use snippets
+ <filename>.spec</filename> file, use snippets
like the following to enable/disable the
service during
installation/deinstallation. This makes use of
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ endif</programlisting>
%systemd_postun</programlisting>
<para>If the service shall be restarted during
- upgrades replace the
+ upgrades, replace the
<literal>%postun</literal> scriptlet above
with the following:</para>
@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ fi</programlisting>
<para>Where 0.47.11-1 is the first package
version that includes the native unit
file. This fragment will ensure that the first
- time the unit file is installed it will be
+ time the unit file is installed, it will be
enabled if and only if the SysV init script is
enabled, thus making sure that the enable
status is not changed. Note that
@@ -875,13 +875,13 @@ fi</programlisting>
<title>Porting Existing Daemons</title>
<para>Since new-style init systems such as systemd are
- compatible with traditional SysV init systems it is
+ compatible with traditional SysV init systems, it is
not strictly necessary to port existing daemons to the
- new style. However doing so offers additional
+ new style. However, doing so offers additional
functionality to the daemons as well as simplifying
integration into new-style init systems.</para>
- <para>To port an existing SysV compatible daemon the
+ <para>To port an existing SysV compatible daemon, the
following steps are recommended:</para>
<orderedlist>
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ fi</programlisting>
interfaces to other software running on the
local system via local <constant>AF_UNIX</constant> sockets,
consider implementing socket-based activation
- (see above). Usually a minimal patch is
+ (see above). Usually, a minimal patch is
sufficient to implement this: Extend the
socket creation in the daemon code so that
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_listen_fds</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
diff --git a/man/halt.xml b/man/halt.xml
index 8473965194..2a13d3c635 100644
--- a/man/halt.xml
+++ b/man/halt.xml
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
<term><option>--force</option></term>
<listitem><para>Force immediate halt,
- power-off, reboot. Don't contact the
+ power-off, reboot. Do not contact the
init system.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
<term><option>--wtmp-only</option></term>
<listitem><para>Only write wtmp
- shutdown entry, don't actually halt,
+ shutdown entry, do not actually halt,
power-off, reboot.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -131,14 +131,14 @@
<term><option>-d</option></term>
<term><option>--no-wtmp</option></term>
- <listitem><para>Don't write wtmp
+ <listitem><para>Do not write wtmp
shutdown entry.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--no-wall</option></term>
- <listitem><para>Don't send wall
+ <listitem><para>Do not send wall
message before
halt, power-off, reboot.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
diff --git a/man/hostname.xml b/man/hostname.xml
index 5971ad4345..a8648c5291 100644
--- a/man/hostname.xml
+++ b/man/hostname.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
<para>The <filename>/etc/hostname</filename> file
configures the name of the local system that is set
- during boot, with the
+ during boot using the
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sethostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
system call. It should contain a single
newline-terminated hostname string. The
diff --git a/man/hostnamectl.xml b/man/hostnamectl.xml
index 28e875dafd..f28e430a42 100644
--- a/man/hostnamectl.xml
+++ b/man/hostnamectl.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
<para>Note that the pretty hostname has little
restrictions on the characters used, while the static
and transient hostnames are limited to the usually
- accepted characters of internet domain names.</para>
+ accepted characters of Internet domain names.</para>
<para>The static hostname is stored in
<filename>/etc/hostname</filename>, see
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--no-ask-password</option></term>
- <listitem><para>Don't query the user
+ <listitem><para>Do not query the user
for authentication for privileged
operations.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
diff --git a/man/journalctl.xml b/man/journalctl.xml
index fa29c4103c..8dbfb3f0f3 100644
--- a/man/journalctl.xml
+++ b/man/journalctl.xml
@@ -64,11 +64,11 @@
journal as written by
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-journald.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
- <para>If called without parameter it will show the full
+ <para>If called without parameters, it will show the full
contents of the journal, starting with the oldest
entry collected.</para>
- <para>If one or more match arguments are passed the
+ <para>If one or more match arguments are passed, the
output is filtered accordingly. A match is in the
format <literal>FIELD=VALUE</literal>,
e.g. <literal>_SYSTEMD_UNIT=httpd.service</literal>,
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
entry. See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.journal-fields</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for a list of well-known fields. If multiple matches
- are specified matching different fields the log
+ are specified matching different fields, the log
entries are filtered by both, i.e. the resulting output
will show only entries matching all the specified
matches of this kind. If two matches apply to the same
@@ -85,25 +85,25 @@
entries matching any of the specified matches for the
same field. Finally, if the character
<literal>+</literal> appears as separate word on the
- command line all matches before and after are combined
+ command line, all matches before and after are combined
in a disjunction (i.e. logical OR).</para>
<para>As shortcuts for a few types of field/value
- matches file paths may be specified. If a file path
+ matches, file paths may be specified. If a file path
refers to an executable file, this is equivalent to an
<literal>_EXE=</literal> match for the canonicalized
- binary path. Similar, if a path refers to a device
+ binary path. Similarly, if a path refers to a device
node, this is equivalent to a
<literal>_KERNEL_DEVICE=</literal> match for the
device.</para>
<para>Output is interleaved from all accessible
journal files, whether they are rotated or currently
- being written, and regardless whether they belong to the
+ being written, and regardless of whether they belong to the
system itself or are accessible user journals.</para>
<para>All users are granted access to their private
- per-user journals. However, by default only root and
+ per-user journals. However, by default, only root and
users who are members of the <literal>adm</literal>
group get access to the system journal and the
journals of other users.</para>
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
the end of the journal inside the
implied pager tool. This implies
<option>-n1000</option> to guarantee
- that the pager won't buffer logs of
+ that the pager will not buffer logs of
unbounded size. This may be overridden
with an explicit <option>-n</option>
with some other numeric value on the
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
<literal>cat</literal>. <literal>short</literal>
is the default and generates an output
that is mostly identical to the
- formatting of classic syslog log
+ formatting of classic syslog
files, showing one line per journal
entry. <literal>short-monotonic</literal>
is very similar but shows monotonic
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@
manuals. Note that help texts are not
available for all messages, but only
for selected ones. For more
- information on the message catalog
+ information on the message catalog,
please refer to the <ulink
url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/catalog">Message
Catalog Developer
@@ -386,10 +386,10 @@
<literal>notice</literal> (5),
<literal>info</literal> (6),
<literal>debug</literal> (7). If a
- single log level is specified all
+ single log level is specified, all
messages with this log level or a
lower (hence more important) log level
- are shown. If a range is specified all
+ are shown. If a range is specified, all
messages within the range are shown,
including both the start and the end
value of the range. This will add
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@
<term><option>--directory=<replaceable>DIR</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem><para>Takes a directory path
- as argument. If specified journalctl
+ as argument. If specified, journalctl
will operate on the specified journal
directory
<replaceable>DIR</replaceable> instead
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@
<term><option>--file=<replaceable>GLOB</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem><para>Takes a file glob as
- argument. If specified journalctl will
+ argument. If specified, journalctl will
operate on the specified journal files
matching <replaceable>GLOB</replaceable>
instead of the default runtime and
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@
<term><option>--root=<replaceable>ROOT</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem><para>Takes a directory path
- as argument. If specified journalctl
+ as argument. If specified, journalctl
will operate on catalog file hierarchy
underneath the specified directory
instead of the root directory
@@ -507,13 +507,13 @@
<term><option>--new-id128</option></term>
<listitem><para>Instead of showing
- journal contents generate a new 128
+ journal contents, generate a new 128
bit ID suitable for identifying
messages. This is intended for usage
by developers who need a new
identifier for a new message they
introduce and want to make
- recognizable. Will print the new ID in
+ recognizable. This will print the new ID in
three different formats which can be
copied into source code or
similar.</para></listitem>
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@
<term><option>--header</option></term>
<listitem><para>Instead of showing
- journal contents show internal header
+ journal contents, show internal header
information of the journal fields
accessed.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@
<term><option>--setup-keys</option></term>
<listitem><para>Instead of showing
- journal contents generate a new key
+ journal contents, generate a new key
pair for Forward Secure Sealing
(FSS). This will generate a sealing
key and a verification key. The
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@
<term><option>--interval=</option></term>
<listitem><para>Specifies the change
- interval for the sealing key, when
+ interval for the sealing key when
generating an FSS key pair with
<option>--setup-keys</option>. Shorter
intervals increase CPU consumption but
@@ -620,9 +620,9 @@
<listitem><para>Check the journal file
for internal consistency. If the
file has been generated with FSS
- enabled, and the FSS verification key
+ enabled and the FSS verification key
has been specified with
- <option>--verify-key=</option>
+ <option>--verify-key=</option>,
authenticity of the journal file is
verified.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@
<refsect1>
<title>Exit status</title>
- <para>On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
+ <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
code otherwise.</para>
</refsect1>
@@ -665,24 +665,24 @@
<refsect1>
<title>Examples</title>
- <para>Without arguments all collected logs are shown
+ <para>Without arguments, all collected logs are shown
unfiltered:</para>
<programlisting>journalctl</programlisting>
- <para>With one match specified all entries with a field matching the expression are shown:</para>
+ <para>With one match specified, all entries with a field matching the expression are shown:</para>
<programlisting>journalctl _SYSTEMD_UNIT=avahi-daemon.service</programlisting>
- <para>If two different fields are matched only entries matching both expressions at the same time are shown:</para>
+ <para>If two different fields are matched, only entries matching both expressions at the same time are shown:</para>
<programlisting>journalctl _SYSTEMD_UNIT=avahi-daemon.service _PID=28097</programlisting>
- <para>If two matches refer to the same field all entries matching either expression are shown:</para>
+ <para>If two matches refer to the same field, all entries matching either expression are shown:</para>
<programlisting>journalctl _SYSTEMD_UNIT=avahi-daemon.service _SYSTEMD_UNIT=dbus.service</programlisting>
- <para>If the separator <literal>+</literal> is used
+ <para>If the separator <literal>+</literal> is used,
two expressions may be combined in a logical OR. The
following will show all messages from the Avahi
service process with the PID 28097 plus all messages
diff --git a/man/journald.conf.xml b/man/journald.conf.xml
index 6e43914f23..b161b34e4e 100644
--- a/man/journald.conf.xml
+++ b/man/journald.conf.xml
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
- <para>This files configures various parameters of the
- systemd journal service
+ <para>This file configures various parameters of the
+ systemd journal service,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-journald.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</refsect1>
@@ -77,13 +77,13 @@
<literal>persistent</literal>,
<literal>auto</literal> and
<literal>none</literal>. If
- <literal>volatile</literal> journal
+ <literal>volatile</literal>, journal
log data will be stored only in
memory, i.e. below the
<filename>/run/log/journal</filename>
hierarchy (which is created if
needed). If
- <literal>persistent</literal> data will
+ <literal>persistent</literal>, data will
be stored preferably on disk,
i.e. below the
<filename>/var/log/journal</filename>
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
<term><varname>Compress=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Takes a boolean
- value. If enabled (the default) data
+ value. If enabled (the default), data
objects that shall be stored in the
journal and are larger than a certain
threshold are compressed with the XZ
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
<term><varname>Seal=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Takes a boolean
- value. If enabled (the default) and a
+ value. If enabled (the default), and a
sealing key is available (as created
by
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>'s
@@ -149,23 +149,23 @@
of <literal>login</literal>,
<literal>uid</literal> and
<literal>none</literal>. If
- <literal>login</literal> each logged
- in user will get his own journal
+ <literal>login</literal>, each logged-in
+ user will get his own journal
files, but systemd user IDs will log
into the system journal. If
- <literal>uid</literal> any user ID
+ <literal>uid</literal>, any user ID
will get his own journal files
regardless whether it belongs to a
system service or refers to a real
logged in user. If
- <literal>none</literal> journal files
- are not split up per-user and all
- messages are stored in the single
+ <literal>none</literal>, journal files
+ are not split up by user and all
+ messages are instead stored in the single
system journal. Note that splitting
- up journal files per-user is only
- available of journals are stored
+ up journal files by user is only
+ available for journals stored
persistently. If journals are stored
- on volatile storage (see above) only a
+ on volatile storage (see above), only a
single journal file for all user IDs
is kept. Defaults to
<literal>login</literal>.</para></listitem>
@@ -177,14 +177,14 @@
<listitem><para>Configures the rate
limiting that is applied to all
- messages generated on the system. If
+ messages generated on the system. If,
in the time interval defined by
- <varname>RateLimitInterval=</varname>
+ <varname>RateLimitInterval=</varname>,
more messages than specified in
<varname>RateLimitBurst=</varname> are
- logged by a service all further
+ logged by a service, all further
messages within the interval are
- dropped, until the interval is over. A
+ dropped until the interval is over. A
message about the number of dropped
messages is generated. This rate
limiting is applied per-service, so
@@ -227,13 +227,13 @@
<filename>/run/log/journal</filename>. The
former is used only when
<filename>/var</filename> is mounted,
- writable and the directory
+ writable, and the directory
<filename>/var/log/journal</filename>
- exists. Otherwise only the latter
+ exists. Otherwise, only the latter
applies. Note that this means that
during early boot and if the
administrator disabled persistent
- logging only the latter options apply,
+ logging, only the latter options apply,
while the former apply if persistent
logging is enabled and the system is
fully booted
@@ -293,23 +293,26 @@
<listitem><para>The maximum time to
store entries in a single journal
- file, before rotating to the next
- one. Normally time-based rotation
+ file before rotating to the next
+ one. Normally, time-based rotation
should not be required as size-based
rotation with options such as
<varname>SystemMaxFileSize=</varname>
should be sufficient to ensure that
- journal files don't grow without
+ journal files do not grow without
bounds. However, to ensure that not
too much data is lost at once when old
- journal files are deleted it might
+ journal files are deleted, it might
make sense to change this value from
the default of one month. Set to 0 to
turn off this feature. This setting
takes time values which may be
- suffixed with the units year, month,
- week, day, h, m to override the
- default time unit of
+ suffixed with the units
+ <literal>year</literal>,
+ <literal>month</literal>,
+ <literal>week</literal>, <literal>day</literal>,
+ <literal>h</literal> or <literal>m</literal>
+ to override the default time unit of
seconds.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -321,31 +324,34 @@
controls whether journal files
containing entries older then the
specified time span are
- deleted. Normally time-based deletion
+ deleted. Normally, time-based deletion
of old journal files should not be
required as size-based deletion with
options such as
<varname>SystemMaxUse=</varname>
should be sufficient to ensure that
- journal files don't grow without
+ journal files do not grow without
bounds. However, to enforce data
- retention policies it might make sense
+ retention policies, it might make sense
to change this value from the
default of 0 (which turns off this
feature). This setting also takes
time values which may be suffixed with
- the units year, month, week, day, h, m
+ the units <literal>year</literal>,
+ <literal>month</literal>,
+ <literal>week</literal>, <literal>day</literal>,
+ <literal>h</literal> or <literal> m</literal>
to override the default time unit of
- seconds. </para></listitem>
+ seconds.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>SyncIntervalSec=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>The timeout before syncing journal
- data to disk. After syncing journal files have
- OFFLINE state. Default timeout is 5 minutes.
+ <listitem><para>The timeout before synchronizing journal
+ data to disk. After syncing, journal files have
+ the OFFLINE state. Default timeout is 5 minutes.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -362,8 +368,8 @@
system console. These options take
boolean arguments. If forwarding to
syslog is enabled but no syslog daemon
- is running the respective option has
- no effect. By default only forwarding
+ is running, the respective option has
+ no effect. By default, only forwarding
to syslog is enabled. These settings
may be overridden at boot time with
the kernel command line options
diff --git a/man/kernel-command-line.xml b/man/kernel-command-line.xml
index db5d38a741..a4b7d13c8d 100644
--- a/man/kernel-command-line.xml
+++ b/man/kernel-command-line.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
kernel command line arguments.</para>
<para>For command line parameters understood by the
- kernel please see <ulink
+ kernel, please see <ulink
url="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt"><filename>kernel-parameters.txt</filename></ulink>
and
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>bootparam</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>Parameters understood by
the system and service manager
- to control system behavior. For details see
+ to control system behavior. For details, see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
both the kernel and the system
and service manager to control
console log verbosity. For
- details see
+ details, see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
both the kernel and the system
and service manager to control
console log verbosity. For
- details see
+ details, see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
<para>Parameters understood by
the system and service
manager, as compatibility
- options. For details see
+ options. For details, see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
<para>Parameters understood by
the system and service manager
to control locale and language
- settings. For details see
+ settings. For details, see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>Parameter understood by
the file system checker
- services. For details see
+ services. For details, see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-fsck@.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>Parameter understood by
the file quota checker
- service. For details see
+ service. For details, see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-quotacheck.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>Parameters understood by
the journal service. For
- details see
+ details, see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-journald.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>Parameters understood by
the virtual console setup logic. For
- details see
+ details, see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-vconsole-setup.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>Parameters understood by
the device event managing daemon. For
- details see
+ details, see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-udevd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>May be used to disable
the Plymouth boot splash. For
- details see
+ details, see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>plymouth</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>Configures the LUKS
full-disk encryption logic at
- boot. For details see
+ boot. For details, see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-cryptsetup-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>Configures the
<filename>/etc/fstab</filename>
- logic at boot. For details see
+ logic at boot. For details, see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-fstab-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>Load a specific kernel
module early at boot. For
- details see
+ details, see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-modules-load.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
diff --git a/man/kernel-install.xml b/man/kernel-install.xml
index d21d7579bf..929ceef4af 100644
--- a/man/kernel-install.xml
+++ b/man/kernel-install.xml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
executables with a local file if needed; a symbolic link in <filename>/etc/kernel/install.d/</filename>
with the same name as an executable in <filename>/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/</filename>,
pointing to /dev/null, disables the executable entirely. Executables must have the
- extension .install; other extensions are ignored.</para>
+ extension <literal>.install</literal>; other extensions are ignored.</para>
</refsect1>
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ add <replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable> <filename>/boot/<replaceable>MACHI
<varlistentry>
<term><command>remove <replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable></command></term>
<listitem>
- <para>calls every executable <filename>/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/*.install</filename>
+ <para>Calls every executable <filename>/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/*.install</filename>
and <filename>/etc/kernel/install.d/*.install</filename> with the arguments
<programlisting>
remove <replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable> <filename>/boot/<replaceable>MACHINE-ID</replaceable>/<replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable>/</filename>
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ remove <replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable> <filename>/boot/<replaceable>MA
<filename>/etc/kernel/install.d/*.install</filename>
</term>
<listitem>
- <para>Drop-in files, which are executed by kernel-install.</para>
+ <para>Drop-in files which are executed by kernel-install.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
diff --git a/man/locale.conf.xml b/man/locale.conf.xml
index 42634febac..e97092102c 100644
--- a/man/locale.conf.xml
+++ b/man/locale.conf.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
newline-separated list of environment-like
shell-compatible variable assignments. It is possible
to source the configuration from shell scripts,
- however, beyond mere variable assignments no shell
+ however, beyond mere variable assignments, no shell
features are supported, allowing applications to read
the file without implementing a shell compatible
execution engine.</para>
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
overridden or unset by individual programs or
individual users.</para>
- <para>Depending on the operating system other
+ <para>Depending on the operating system, other
configuration files might be checked for locale
configuration as well, however only as
fallback.</para>
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
<para><filename>/etc/locale.conf</filename>:</para>
<programlisting>LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
-LC_MESSAGES=C</programlisting>
+LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8</programlisting>
</example>
</refsect1>
diff --git a/man/localectl.xml b/man/localectl.xml
index f14393071a..a3e07f6508 100644
--- a/man/localectl.xml
+++ b/man/localectl.xml
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--no-ask-password</option></term>
- <listitem><para>Don't query the user
+ <listitem><para>Do not query the user
for authentication for privileged
operations.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
one to define a toggle keyboard
mapping. Unless
<option>--no-convert</option> is
- passed the selected setting is also
+ passed, the selected setting is also
applied to the default keyboard
mapping of X11, after converting it to
the closest matching X11 keyboard
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>kbd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>4</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for details. Unless
<option>--no-convert</option> is
- passed the selected setting is also
+ passed, the selected setting is also
applied to the system console keyboard
mapping, after converting it to the
closest matching console keyboard
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@
<refsect1>
<title>Exit status</title>
- <para>On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
+ <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
code otherwise.</para>
</refsect1>
diff --git a/man/localtime.xml b/man/localtime.xml
index b95c2ee6be..b7fd1ba15d 100644
--- a/man/localtime.xml
+++ b/man/localtime.xml
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>tzfile</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
timezone data for the configured timezone.</para>
- <para>As the timezone identifier is extracted from
+ <para>Because the timezone identifier is extracted from
the symlink target name of
- <filename>/etc/localtime</filename> this file may not
+ <filename>/etc/localtime</filename>, this file may not
be a normal file or hardlink.</para>
<para>The timezone may be overridden for individual
diff --git a/man/loginctl.xml b/man/loginctl.xml
index 790a3e4bf8..b9db475983 100644
--- a/man/loginctl.xml
+++ b/man/loginctl.xml
@@ -91,11 +91,11 @@
session/user properties, limit
display to certain properties as
specified as argument. If not
- specified all set properties are
+ specified, all set properties are
shown. The argument should be a
property name, such as
<literal>Sessions</literal>. If
- specified more than once all
+ specified more than once, all
properties with the specified names
are shown.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--no-ask-password</option></term>
- <listitem><para>Don't query the user
+ <listitem><para>Do not query the user
for authentication for privileged
operations.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
<constant>SIGTERM</constant>,
<constant>SIGINT</constant> or
<constant>SIGSTOP</constant>. If
- omitted defaults to
+ omitted, defaults to
<constant>SIGTERM</constant>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -214,14 +214,14 @@
<listitem><para>Show properties of one
or more sessions or the manager
- itself. If no argument is specified
+ itself. If no argument is specified,
properties of the manager will be
- shown. If a session ID is specified
+ shown. If a session ID is specified,
properties of the session is shown. By
default, empty properties are
suppressed. Use <option>--all</option>
to show those too. To select specific
- properties to show use
+ properties to show, use
<option>--property=</option>. This
command is intended to be used
whenever computer-parsable output is
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@
default, empty properties are
suppressed. Use <option>--all</option>
to show those too. To select specific
- properties to show use
+ properties to show, use
<option>--property=</option>. This
command is intended to be used
whenever computer-parsable output is
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@
enabled for a specific user, a user
manager is spawned for him/her at
boot and kept around after
- logouts. This allows users who aren't
+ logouts. This allows users who are not
logged in to run long-running
services.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@
<refsect1>
<title>Exit status</title>
- <para>On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
+ <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
code otherwise.</para>
</refsect1>
diff --git a/man/logind.conf.xml b/man/logind.conf.xml
index b7109353ca..74a100eb1e 100644
--- a/man/logind.conf.xml
+++ b/man/logind.conf.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
- <para>This file configures various parameters of the systemd login manager <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-logind.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+ <para>This file configures various parameters of the systemd login manager, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-logind.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</refsect1>
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
<filename>autovt@.service</filename>
for the respective VT TTY name,
e.g. <filename>autovt@tty4.service</filename>. By
- default
+ default,
<filename>autovt@.service</filename>
is linked to
<filename>getty@.service</filename>,
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
<literal>gettys</literal> are
available on the VTs. If a VT is
already used by some other subsystem
- (for example a graphical login) this
+ (for example a graphical login), this
kind of activation will not be
attempted. Note that the VT configured
in <varname>ReserveVT=</varname> is
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
directive. Defaults to 6. When set to
0, automatic spawning of
<literal>autovt</literal> services is
- disabled. </para></listitem>
+ disabled.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@@ -120,10 +120,10 @@
other subsystem will allocate it. This
functionality is useful to ensure that
regardless how many VTs are allocated
- by other subsystems one login
+ by other subsystems, one login
<literal>getty</literal> is always
available. Defaults to 6 (with other
- words: there'll always be a
+ words: there will always be a
<literal>getty</literal> available on
Alt-F6.). When set to 0, VT
reservation is
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@
<literal>off</literal>, the inhibitor
locks taken by applications in order
to block the requested operation are
- respected, if <literal>on</literal>,
+ respected. If <literal>on</literal>,
the requested operation is executed in
any
case. <varname>PowerKeyIgnoreInhibited=</varname>,
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@
<para>Note that <varname>KillUserProcesses=1</varname>
is a weaker version of
- <varname>kill-session-processes=1</varname> which may
+ <varname>kill-session-processes=1</varname>, which may
be configured per-service for
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>pam_systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>. The
latter kills processes of a session as soon as it
diff --git a/man/machine-id.xml b/man/machine-id.xml
index d7a56cb548..b037e47c01 100644
--- a/man/machine-id.xml
+++ b/man/machine-id.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
<para>The machine ID is usually generated from a
random source during system installation and stays
constant for all subsequent boots. Optionally, for
- stateless systems it is generated during runtime at
+ stateless systems, it is generated during runtime at
boot if it is found to be empty.</para>
<para>The machine ID does not change based on user
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ id[8] = (id[8] &amp; 0x3F) | 0x80;</programlisting>
<para>(This code is inspired by
<literal>generate_random_uuid()</literal> of
<filename>drivers/char/random.c</filename> from the
- kernel sources.)</para>
+ Linux kernel sources.)</para>
</refsect1>
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ id[8] = (id[8] &amp; 0x3F) | 0x80;</programlisting>
<para>The simple configuration file format of
<filename>/etc/machine-id</filename> originates in the
<filename>/var/lib/dbus/machine-id</filename> file
- introduced by D-Bus. In fact this latter file might be a
+ introduced by D-Bus. In fact, this latter file might be a
symlink to
<varname>/etc/machine-id</varname>.</para>
</refsect1>
diff --git a/man/systemd.unit.xml b/man/systemd.unit.xml
index 1fd609dc85..4f0bd64b12 100644
--- a/man/systemd.unit.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.unit.xml
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@
highly recommended to leave this
option enabled for the majority of
common units. If set to
- <option>false</option> this option
+ <option>false</option>, this option
does not disable all implicit
dependencies, just non-essential
ones.</para></listitem>
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