>Number: 181117
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: Network Servers and INETD Cleanup
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Wed Aug 07 17:10:00 UTC 2013
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Ken Reed
>Release: 9.1-Release-p5
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD chaos 9.1-RELEASE-p5 FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE-p5 #0: Sat Jul 27 01:14:23 UTC
2013 [email protected]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64
>Description:
Removing a duplicate line in network-servers.html, then modifying some text and
making tags consistent in both that and network-inetd.html.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
Patch attached with submission follows:
Index: en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-servers/chapter.xml
===================================================================
--- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-servers/chapter.xml (revision 42517)
+++ en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-servers/chapter.xml (working copy)
@@ -23,12 +23,13 @@
<title>Synopsis</title>
<para>This chapter will cover some of the more frequently used
- network services on &unix; systems. We will cover how to
- install, configure, test, and maintain many different types of
- network services. Example configuration files are included
- throughout this chapter for you to benefit from.</para>
+ network services on &unix; systems. This will include how to
+ install, configure, test, and maintain the many different types
+ of network services. As an added convenience, example
+ configuration files are included throughout this chapter
+ for you to benefit from.</para>
- <para>After reading this chapter, you will know:</para>
+ <para>At the end of this chapter, readers should know:</para>
<itemizedlist>
@@ -38,41 +39,39 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>How to set up a network file system.</para>
+ <para>How to set up the Network File System
+ (<acronym>NFS</acronym>).</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>How to set up a network information server for sharing
- user accounts.</para>
+ <para>How to set up the network information server
+ (<acronym>NIS</acronym>) for centralizing and sharing user accounts.
+ </para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>How to set &os; up to act as an <acronym>LDAP</acronym>
- server or client</para>
+ server or client.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>How to set &os; up to act as an <acronym>LDAP</acronym>
- server or client</para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
<para>How to set up automatic network settings using
- DHCP.</para>
+ <acronym>DHCP</acronym>.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>How to set up a domain name server.</para>
+ <para>How to set up a domain name server
+ (<acronym>DNS</acronym>).</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>How to set up the <application>Apache</application>
- HTTP Server.</para>
+ <acronym>HTTP</acronym> Server.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>How to set up a File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
- Server.</para>
+ <para>How to set up a File Transfer Protocol
+ (<acronym> FTP</acronym>) Server.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -82,7 +81,8 @@
<listitem>
<para>How to synchronize the time and date, and set up a
- time server, with the NTP protocol.</para>
+ time server with the Network Time Protocol
+ (<acronym>NTP</acronym>).</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
</itemizedlist>
- <para>Before reading this chapter, you should:</para>
+ <para>Reading this chapter assumes a basic knowledge of:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
@@ -102,11 +102,11 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Be familiar with basic network terminology.</para>
+ <para>Basic network terminology.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Know how to install additional third-party
+ <para>Ability to install additional third-party
software (<xref linkend="ports"/>).</para>
</listitem>
@@ -210,12 +210,12 @@
single IP address from requesting any service more than 60
times in any given minute.</para>
- <para>Although we mention rate-limiting options below, novice
- users may be pleased to note that these parameters usually do
- not need to be modified. These options may be useful if
- an excessive amount of connections are being established.
- A full list of options can be found in the
- &man.inetd.8; manual.</para>
+ <para>Although the following examples include rate-limiting
+ options below, novice users should be aware that
+ these parameters usually do not need to be modified.
+ These options may be useful if an excessive amount of
+ connections are being established. A full list of
+ options can be found in the &man.inetd.8; manual page.</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
@@ -1850,7 +1850,7 @@
<note>
<para>Keep in mind that at least one local account
- (i.e. not imported via NIS) must exist in
+ (i.e., not imported via NIS) must exist in
<filename>/etc/master.passwd</filename> and this
account should also be a member of the group
<groupname>wheel</groupname>. If there is something
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