Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2012 13:01:12 +0000 (UTC) From: Eitan Adler <eadler@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r40303 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq Message-ID: <201212071301.qB7D1CA3099420@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: eadler Date: Fri Dec 7 13:01:12 2012 New Revision: 40303 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/40303 Log: Clarify that "effective user id of 0" is an issue because it is SETUID. Also fix minor view-related style issue in the command. (translators should _not_ ignore) Noted by: Daniel O'Connor Approved by: bcr (mentor) Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Fri Dec 7 13:01:09 2012 (r40302) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Fri Dec 7 13:01:12 2012 (r40303) @@ -8181,8 +8181,8 @@ ATDT1234567</programlisting> <answer> <para>The <application>ppp</application> utility (or any other program for that matter) should never dump core. Because - &man.ppp.8; runs with an effective user ID of - <literal>0</literal>, the operating system will not write + &man.ppp.8; runs setuid (with an effective user ID of + <literal>0</literal>), the operating system will not write core image of &man.ppp.8; to disk before terminating it. If, however &man.ppp.8; is actually terminating due to a segmentation violation or some other signal that normally @@ -8191,7 +8191,7 @@ ATDT1234567</programlisting> section), then you should install the system sources and do the following:</para> - <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput><command>cd</command> <filename class="directory">/usr/src/usr.sbin/ppp</filename></userinput> + <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput><command>cd</command> <filename class="directory">/usr/src/usr.sbin/ppp</filename></userinput> &prompt.root; <userinput><command>echo</command> <makevar>STRIP</makevar>= >> <filename>/etc/make.conf</filename></userinput> &prompt.root; <userinput><command>echo</command> <makevar>CFLAGS</makevar>+=<option>-g</option> >> <filename>/etc/make.conf</filename></userinput> &prompt.root; <userinput><command>make</command> <maketarget>install</maketarget> <maketarget>clean</maketarget></userinput></screen>
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