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| -rw-r--r-- | chapter08/sysklogd.xml | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter08/sysvinit.xml | 16 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/chapter08/sysklogd.xml b/chapter08/sysklogd.xml index 9aec7ba9b..89fc314ed 100644 --- a/chapter08/sysklogd.xml +++ b/chapter08/sysklogd.xml @@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ <sect2 role="package"> <title/> - <para>The sysklogd package contains programs for logging system messages, - such as those given by the kernel when unusual things happen.</para> + <para>The Sysklogd package contains programs for logging system messages, + such as those emitted by the kernel when unusual things happen.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Sysklogd</title> - <para>First, fix problems that causes a segmentation fault under - some conditions in klogd and fix an obsolete program construct:</para> + <para>First, fix a problem that causes a segmentation fault in klogd + under some conditions, and fix an obsolete program construct:</para> <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i '/Error loading kernel symbols/{n;n;d}' ksym_mod.c sed -i 's/union wait/int/' syslogd.c</userinput></screen> diff --git a/chapter08/sysvinit.xml b/chapter08/sysvinit.xml index 0d6914a45..7b31ec007 100644 --- a/chapter08/sysvinit.xml +++ b/chapter08/sysvinit.xml @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ <varlistentry id="fstab-decode"> <term><command>fstab-decode</command></term> <listitem> - <para>Run a command with fstab-encoded arguments</para> + <para>Runs a command with fstab-encoded arguments</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit fstab-decode"> <primary sortas="b-fstab-decode">fstab-decode</primary> </indexterm> @@ -126,10 +126,10 @@ <term><command>halt</command></term> <listitem> <para>Normally invokes <command>shutdown</command> with the - <parameter>-h</parameter> option, except when already in run-level 0, - then it tells the kernel to halt the system; it notes in the - file <filename>/var/log/wtmp</filename> that the system is being - brought down</para> + <parameter>-h</parameter> option, but when already in run-level 0, + it tells the kernel to halt the system; it notes in the + file <filename>/var/log/wtmp</filename> that the system is + going down</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit halt-sysv"> <primary sortas="b-halt">halt</primary> </indexterm> @@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ <term><command>init</command></term> <listitem> <para>The first process to be started when the kernel has initialized - the hardware which takes over the boot process and starts all the - proceses specified in its configuration file</para> + the hardware; it takes over the boot process and starts all the + processes specified in its configuration file</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit init-sysv"> <primary sortas="b-init">init</primary> </indexterm> @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ <term><command>killall5</command></term> <listitem> <para>Sends a signal to all processes, except the processes in its own - session so it will not kill its parent shell</para> + session; it will not kill its parent shell</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit killall5"> <primary sortas="b-killall5">killall5</primary> </indexterm> |