Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 20:52:16 +0100 (CET) From: Siebrand Mazeland <s.mazeland@xs4all.nl> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/77148: [PATCH] Minor text fixes on Handbook chapter MAC Message-ID: <20050205195216.04A0B61C35@nfishbone.nitro.dk> Resent-Message-ID: <200502052000.j15K0OXR019785@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 77148
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: [PATCH] Minor text fixes on Handbook chapter MAC
>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: Sat Feb 05 20:00:24 GMT 2005
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Siebrand Mazeland
>Release: FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE-p4 i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD nfishbone.nitro.dk 5.3-RELEASE-p4 FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE-p4 #1: Sun Jan 16 03:35:01 CET 2005 simon@nfishbone.nitro.dk:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/FISHBONE i386
>Description:
Translating the MAC chapter, I've come acrossing some tiny spelling errors.
Please find patch attached.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
Index: en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mac/chapter.sgml
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/ncvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mac/chapter.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.38
diff -u -r1.38 chapter.sgml
--- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mac/chapter.sgml 12 Jan 2005 01:55:04 -0000 1.38
+++ en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mac/chapter.sgml 5 Feb 2005 19:35:13 -0000
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@
files by setting certain objects as classified?</para>
<para>In the file system case, access to objects might be
- considered confidential to some users but not to others.
+ considered confidential to some users, but not to others.
For an example, a large development team might be broken
off into smaller groups of individuals. Developers in
project A might not be permitted to access objects written
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@
with a value of <quote>low</quote>.</para>
<para>A few policies which support the labeling feature in
- &os; offers three specific predefined labels. These
+ &os; offer three specific predefined labels. These
are the low, high, and equal labels. Although they enforce
access control in a different manner with each policy, you
can be sure that the low label will be the lowest setting,
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@
used on objects. This will enforce one set of
access permissions across the entire system and in many
environments may be all that is required. There are a few
- cases; however, where multiple labels may be set on objects
+ cases, however, where multiple labels may be set on objects
or subjects in the file system. For those cases, the
<option>multilabel</option> option may be passed to
&man.tunefs.8;.</para>
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@
configures the policy so that users are placed in the
appropriate categories/access levels. Alas, many policies can
restrict the <username>root</username> user as well. Basic
- control over objects will then be released to the group but
+ control over objects will then be released to the group, but
<username>root</username> may revoke or modify the settings
at any time. This is the hierarchal/clearance model covered
by policies such as Biba and <acronym>MLS</acronym>.</para>
@@ -1565,7 +1565,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>The <literal>biba/high</literal> label will permit
- writing to objects set at a lower label but not
+ writing to objects set at a lower label, but not
permit reading that object. It is recommended that this
label be placed on objects that affect the integrity of
the entire system.</para>
@@ -1653,7 +1653,7 @@
<para>The <acronym>MAC</acronym> version of the Low-watermark
integrity policy, not to be confused with the older &man.lomac.4;
- implementation, works almost identically to Biba but with the
+ implementation, works almost identically to Biba, but with the
exception of using floating labels to support subject
demotion via an auxiliary grade compartment. This secondary
compartment takes the form of <literal>[auxgrade]</literal>.
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