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diff --git a/manual/nss.texi b/manual/nss.texi index d534c260d3..18361b6f42 100644 --- a/manual/nss.texi +++ b/manual/nss.texi @@ -84,15 +84,15 @@ Network names and numbers, @pxref{Networks Database}. @item protocols Network protocols, @pxref{Protocols Database}. @item passwd -User passwords, @pxref{User Database}. +User identities, @pxref{User Database}. @item rpc -Remote procedure call names and numbers, +Remote procedure call names and numbers. @comment @pxref{RPC Database}. @item services Network services, @pxref{Services Database}. @item shadow -Shadow user passwords, -@comment @pxref{Shadow Password Database}. +User passphrase hashes and related information. +@comment @pxref{Shadow Passphrase Database}. @end table @noindent @@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ with the main application.) The @code{get@var{XXX}by@var{YYY}} functions are the most important functions in the NSS modules. But there are others which implement the other ways to access system databases (say for the -password database, there are @code{setpwent}, @code{getpwent}, and +user database, there are @code{setpwent}, @code{getpwent}, and @code{endpwent}). These will be described in more detail later. Here we give a general way to determine the signature of the module function: @@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ general rules must be followed by all functions. In fact there are four kinds of different functions which may appear in the interface. All derive from the traditional ones for system databases. @var{db} in the following table is normally an abbreviation for the -database (e.g., it is @code{pw} for the password database). +database (e.g., it is @code{pw} for the user database). @table @code @item enum nss_status _nss_@var{database}_set@var{db}ent (void) |