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authorSteve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>2009-08-24 07:48:26 +0000
committerSteve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>2009-08-24 07:48:26 +0000
commit35acacf67790bce46cfba4be9b9ac41364237385 (patch)
tree4f9d5c8a876ba08a4a5d1ec0d4c92d4b4bf7e838 /doc
parent15ea8d1c2d1f0899e3a4caa6c3482b2f01647cdf (diff)
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Purpose of commit: grammar fixes Commit summary: --------------- "successful" -> "successfully"; "them self" -> "themself" - the use of "themself" as a gender-indeterminate reflexive pronoun in English is disputed and somewhat awkward, but "them self" is 100% wrong.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/adg/Linux-PAM_ADG.xml2
-rw-r--r--doc/man/pam_get_authtok.3.xml2
-rw-r--r--doc/mwg/Linux-PAM_MWG.xml2
3 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/adg/Linux-PAM_ADG.xml b/doc/adg/Linux-PAM_ADG.xml
index 5f4aa0ab..a39528a9 100644
--- a/doc/adg/Linux-PAM_ADG.xml
+++ b/doc/adg/Linux-PAM_ADG.xml
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ cc -o application .... -lpam -lpam_misc
him/herself in a variety of ways. Updating the user's
authentication token thus corresponds to
<emphasis>refreshing</emphasis> the object they use to
- authenticate them self with the system. The word password is
+ authenticate themself with the system. The word password is
avoided to keep open the possibility that the authentication
involves a retinal scan or other non-textual mode of
challenge/response.
diff --git a/doc/man/pam_get_authtok.3.xml b/doc/man/pam_get_authtok.3.xml
index 4edf69e7..0e816350 100644
--- a/doc/man/pam_get_authtok.3.xml
+++ b/doc/man/pam_get_authtok.3.xml
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
<term>PAM_SUCCESS</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Authentication token was successful retrieved.
+ Authentication token was successfully retrieved.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
diff --git a/doc/mwg/Linux-PAM_MWG.xml b/doc/mwg/Linux-PAM_MWG.xml
index a381dc6c..25abe6f6 100644
--- a/doc/mwg/Linux-PAM_MWG.xml
+++ b/doc/mwg/Linux-PAM_MWG.xml
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ gcc -shared -o pam_module.so pam_module.o -lpam
token of some lesser user. In other cases it may not be
appropriate: when <command>joe</command> maliciously wants
to reset <command>alice</command>'s password; or when anyone
- other than the user them self wishes to reset their
+ other than the user themself wishes to reset their
<emphasis>KERBEROS</emphasis> authentication token. A policy
for this action should be defined by any reasonable
authentication scheme, the module writer should consider