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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2008-06-29 04:51:21 +0000
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2008-06-29 04:51:21 +0000
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diff --git a/man5/utmp.5 b/man5/utmp.5
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@@ -253,7 +253,8 @@ Clearing \fIut_id\fP may result
in race conditions leading to corrupted utmp entries and potential
security holes.
Clearing the above mentioned fields by filling them
-with null bytes is not required by System V semantics, but it allows to run
+with null bytes is not required by System V semantics,
+but makes it possible to run
many programs which assume BSD semantics and which do not modify utmp.
Linux uses the BSD conventions for line contents, as documented above.
.PP