[patch] Typos, grammar, formatting in openssh-portable master

Ingo Schwarze schwarze at usta.de
Sun Jun 25 01:16:52 AEST 2017


Hi Andrew,

Andrew Darqui wrote on Sat, Jun 24, 2017 at 01:17:42AM -0400:

> Hi everyone. Nothing special, just a few typo fixes.

Committing the INSTALL fixes is still an open task.

> Also, there's a typo on this page: https://www.openssh.com/list.html
> s/approriate/appropriate

I committed that one.

Thanks,
  Ingo


> diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
> index 92106bf0..bfaad6c9 100644
> --- a/INSTALL
> +++ b/INSTALL
> @@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ OpenSSL 1.1.x is not currently supported.
> 
>  The remaining items are optional.
> 
> -NB. If you operating system supports /dev/random, you should configure
> +NB. If your operating system supports /dev/random, you should configure
>  libcrypto (LibreSSL/OpenSSL) to use it. OpenSSH relies on libcrypto's
> -direct support of /dev/random, or failing that, either prngd or egd
> +direct support of /dev/random, or failing that, either prngd or egd.
> 
>  PRNGD:
> 
> @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ http://egd.sourceforge.net/
>  PAM:
> 
>  OpenSSH can utilise Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) if your
> -system supports it. PAM is standard most Linux distributions, Solaris,
> +system supports it. PAM is standard in most Linux distributions, Solaris,
>  HP-UX 11, AIX >= 5.2, FreeBSD and NetBSD.
> 
>  Information about the various PAM implementations are available:
> @@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/
> 
>  Basic Security Module (BSM):
> 
> -Native BSM support is know to exist in Solaris from at least 2.5.1,
> +Native BSM support is known to exist in Solaris from at least 2.5.1,
>  FreeBSD 6.1 and OS X.  Alternatively, you may use the OpenBSM
>  implementation (http://www.openbsm.org).
> 
> @@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ it if lastlog is installed in a different place.
>  --without-lastlog will disable lastlog support entirely.
> 
>  --with-osfsia, --without-osfsia will enable or disable OSF1's Security
> -Integration Architecture.  The default for OSF1 machines is enable.
> +Integration Architecture.  The default for OSF1 machines is enabled.
> 
>  --with-skey=PATH will enable S/Key one time password support. You will
>  need the S/Key libraries and header files installed for this to work.
> @@ -201,13 +201,12 @@ started by sshd. This replaces the standard path
> entirely.
>  --with-pid-dir=PATH specifies the directory in which the sshd.pid file is
>  created.
> 
> ---with-xauth=PATH specifies the location of the xauth binary
> +--with-xauth=PATH specifies the location of the xauth binary.
> 
>  --with-ssl-dir=DIR allows you to specify where your Libre/OpenSSL
> -libraries
> -are installed.
> +libraries are installed.
> 
> ---with-ssl-engine enables Libre/OpenSSL's (hardware) ENGINE support
> +--with-ssl-engine enables Libre/OpenSSL's (hardware) ENGINE support.
> 
>  --with-4in6 Check for IPv4 in IPv6 mapped addresses and convert them to
>  real (AF_INET) IPv4 addresses. Works around some quirks on Linux.


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