[src/trunk]: src/share/man/man4 Fix whitespace, ispell, sort SEE ALSO, add HI...

[wiz <wiz%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/c01b7a54cc9e
branches:  trunk
changeset: 516291:c01b7a54cc9e
user:      wiz <wiz%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Sat Oct 20 09:32:22 2001 +0000

description:
Fix whitespace, ispell, sort SEE ALSO, add HISTORY section.

diffstat:

 share/man/man4/clockctl.4 |  50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 1 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diffs (107 lines):

diff -r fce328b1e4f0 -r c01b7a54cc9e share/man/man4/clockctl.4
--- a/share/man/man4/clockctl.4 Sat Oct 20 09:20:28 2001 +0000
+++ b/share/man/man4/clockctl.4 Sat Oct 20 09:32:22 2001 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: clockctl.4,v 1.1 2001/10/20 09:10:33 manu Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: clockctl.4,v 1.2 2001/10/20 09:32:22 wiz Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2001 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 .\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
 .\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd Octobrer 20, 2001
+.Dd October 20, 2001
 .Dt CLOCKCTL 4
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -43,45 +43,45 @@
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Cd pseudo-device clockctl
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
-The 
-.Nm 
+The
+.Nm
 interface brings clock control to non root users. Any user with write access
-to 
+to
 .Pa /dev/clockctl
-will be able to perform operations such as 
+will be able to perform operations such as
 .Xr settimeofday 2 ,
 .Xr clock_settime 2 ,
 .Xr adjtime 2 ,
 or
 .Xr ntp_adjtime 2 ,
 which are normally restricted to the super-user. Using the
-.Nm 
-pseudodevice, it is possible to run daemons such as
+.Nm
+pseudo-device, it is possible to run daemons such as
 .Xr ntpd 8
-as a non privilegied user, thus lowereing the security implications if an 
+as a non privileged user, thus lowering the security implications if an
 exploit is found in this daemon.
 .Pp
 The
 .Nm
-pseudodevice driver provides an
+pseudo-device driver provides an
 .Xr ioctl 2
-call for each of the privilegied clock-related system calls. The system 
-call stubs in libc will use the 
+call for each of the privileged clock-related system calls. The system
+call stubs in libc will use the
 .Xr ioctl 2
-on 
+on
 .Pa /dev/clockctl
-if the special file is present and accessible, or it will revert to the 
+if the special file is present and accessible, or it will revert to the
 plain super-user restricted system call if it is not accessible.
 .Pp
-The following 
+The following
 .Xr ioctl 2
-calls are defined in 
+calls are defined in
 .Aq Pa sys/clockctl.h Ns :
 .Bl -tag -width CLOCKCTL
 .It Dv CLOCKCTL_SETTIMEOFDAY
-This will run the 
+This will run the
 .Xr settimeofday 2
-system call. Argument should be a pointer to a 
+system call. Argument should be a pointer to a
 .Va struct clockctl_settimeofday_args :
 .Bd -literal
 struct clockctl_settimeofday_args {
@@ -113,9 +113,9 @@
 .Ed
 .It Dv CLOCKCTL_NTP_ADJTIME
 This will run the
-.Xr ntp_adjtime 2      
+.Xr ntp_adjtime 2
 system call. Argument should be a pointer to a
-.Va struct clockctl_ntp_adjtime_args :      
+.Va struct clockctl_ntp_adjtime_args :
 .Bd -literal
 struct clockctl_ntp_adjtime_args {
     struct timex tp;
@@ -123,7 +123,11 @@
 .Ed
 .El
 .Sh SEE ALSO
-.Xr settimeofday 2 ,
+.Xr adjtime 2 ,
 .Xr clock_settime 2 ,
-.Xr adjtime 2 ,
-.Xr ioctl 2 .
+.Xr ioctl 2 ,
+.Xr settimeofday 2
+.Sh HISTORY
+.Nm
+appeared in
+.Nx 1.6 .