Hello Michael, On Thu, 28 Feb 2019 at 18:08, Michael Witten <mfwitten@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > The `:' is aligned with the traditional format of the widely used > command-line utility `chown'. Thanks. Patch applied. Cheers, Michael > > Signed-off-by: Michael Witten <mfwitten@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > man4/fd.4 | 2 +- > man4/initrd.4 | 2 +- > man4/pts.4 | 2 +- > man4/tty.4 | 2 +- > man4/vcs.4 | 4 ++-- > 5 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/man4/fd.4 b/man4/fd.4 > index 06bddd014..8c0a3f371 100644 > --- a/man4/fd.4 > +++ b/man4/fd.4 > @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ fd \- floppy disk device > Floppy drives are block devices with major number 2. > Typically they > are owned by > -.I root.floppy > +root:floppy > (i.e., user root, group floppy) and have > either mode 0660 (access checking via group membership) or mode 0666 > (everybody has access). > diff --git a/man4/initrd.4 b/man4/initrd.4 > index ae5e38f64..cdb41ce28 100644 > --- a/man4/initrd.4 > +++ b/man4/initrd.4 > @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ major number 1 and minor number 250. > Typically > .I /dev/initrd > is owned by > -.I root.disk > +root:disk > with mode 0400 (read access by root only). > If the Linux system does not have > .I /dev/initrd > diff --git a/man4/pts.4 b/man4/pts.4 > index fa3ea60c0..93a97ad73 100644 > --- a/man4/pts.4 > +++ b/man4/pts.4 > @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ ptmx, pts \- pseudoterminal master and slave > The file > .I /dev/ptmx > is a character file with major number 5 and > -minor number 2, usually of mode 0666 and owner.group of root.root. > +minor number 2, usually with mode 0666 and ownership root:root. > It is used to create a pseudoterminal master and slave pair. > .PP > When a process opens > diff --git a/man4/tty.4 b/man4/tty.4 > index 942947707..1ba1ff22b 100644 > --- a/man4/tty.4 > +++ b/man4/tty.4 > @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ tty \- controlling terminal > The file > .I /dev/tty > is a character file with major number 5 and > -minor number 0, usually of mode 0666 and owner.group root.tty. > +minor number 0, usually with mode 0666 and ownership root:tty. > It is a synonym for the controlling terminal of a process, if any. > .PP > In addition to the > diff --git a/man4/vcs.4 b/man4/vcs.4 > index f695b956c..a6c662ea8 100644 > --- a/man4/vcs.4 > +++ b/man4/vcs.4 > @@ -32,14 +32,14 @@ vcs, vcsa \- virtual console memory > .SH DESCRIPTION > .I /dev/vcs0 > is a character device with major number 7 and minor number > -0, usually of mode 0644 and owner root.tty. > +0, usually with mode 0644 and ownership root:tty. > It refers to the memory of the currently > displayed virtual console terminal. > .PP > .I /dev/vcs[1\-63] > are character devices for virtual console > terminals, they have major number 7 and minor number 1 to 63, usually > -mode 0644 and owner root.tty. > +mode 0644 and ownership root:tty. > .IR /dev/vcsa[0\-63] > are the same, but > using > -- > 2.19.0 > -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/
