iptables: cleanup "allows to" usage

Gramatical cleanup.

Arturo says:
 This patch is forwarded from the iptables Debian package, where it has been
 around for many years now.

Signed-off-by: Laurence J. Lane <ljlane@debian.org>
Signed-off-by: Arturo Borrero Gonzalez <arturo@netfilter.org>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>

diff --git a/extensions/libipt_ECN.man b/extensions/libipt_ECN.man
index a9cbe109a1ef51ad451cdb2a18262d3a38e14418..8ae7996eff9160f35c1d92ae50ef23299552cfa4 100644 (file)
--- a/extensions/libipt_ECN.man
+++ b/extensions/libipt_ECN.man
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This target allows to selectively work around known ECN blackholes.
+This target selectively works around known ECN blackholes.
 It can only be used in the mangle table.
 .TP
 \fB\-\-ecn\-tcp\-remove\fP

diff --git a/extensions/libxt_AUDIT.man b/extensions/libxt_AUDIT.man
index 4f5562e8ca425cd1c7946d1c319092af3c3fafff..57cce8c40e0a7f0061c1ce4da56422a53c930cbf 100644 (file)
--- a/extensions/libxt_AUDIT.man
+++ b/extensions/libxt_AUDIT.man
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This target allows to create audit records for packets hitting the target.
+This target allows creates audit records for packets hitting the target.
 It can be used to record accepted, dropped, and rejected packets. See
 auditd(8) for additional details.
 .TP

diff --git a/extensions/libxt_CHECKSUM.man b/extensions/libxt_CHECKSUM.man
index 92ae700f43cccc2034afe606e3ed3693d1986d48..726f4ea67c46860a4baab574577c517c71bee5ed 100644 (file)
--- a/extensions/libxt_CHECKSUM.man
+++ b/extensions/libxt_CHECKSUM.man
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This target allows to selectively work around broken/old applications.
+This target selectively works around broken/old applications.
 It can only be used in the mangle table.
 .TP
 \fB\-\-checksum\-fill\fP

diff --git a/extensions/libxt_CT.man b/extensions/libxt_CT.man
index e992120a009be6d1f14525df7a2807eaa89d3250..fc692f9a6b120ab7a5e11973909a8e99aea79e80 100644 (file)
--- a/extensions/libxt_CT.man
+++ b/extensions/libxt_CT.man
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-The CT target allows to set parameters for a packet or its associated
+The CT target sets parameters for a packet or its associated
 connection. The target attaches a "template" connection tracking entry to
 the packet, which is then used by the conntrack core when initializing
 a new ct entry. This target is thus only valid in the "raw" table.

diff --git a/extensions/libxt_DSCP.man b/extensions/libxt_DSCP.man
index 551ba2e1cea5aa0947cca1b1bee72e4eea8ac403..5385c97a9750278a939ffb4e2cb6d48196d39ecc 100644 (file)
--- a/extensions/libxt_DSCP.man
+++ b/extensions/libxt_DSCP.man
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This target allows to alter the value of the DSCP bits within the TOS
+This target alters the value of the DSCP bits within the TOS
 header of the IPv4 packet.  As this manipulates a packet, it can only
 be used in the mangle table.
 .TP

diff --git a/extensions/libxt_TCPMSS.man b/extensions/libxt_TCPMSS.man
index 8da8e761d1eb1464812f03174227ab7ead7bcf8f..25b480ddd39882a590a00654860507e2aeff21c3 100644 (file)
--- a/extensions/libxt_TCPMSS.man
+++ b/extensions/libxt_TCPMSS.man
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This target allows to alter the MSS value of TCP SYN packets, to control
+This target alters the MSS value of TCP SYN packets, to control
 the maximum size for that connection (usually limiting it to your
 outgoing interface's MTU minus 40 for IPv4 or 60 for IPv6, respectively).
 Of course, it can only be used

diff --git a/extensions/libxt_osf.c b/extensions/libxt_osf.c
index 496b480508959b59109ade7ef9910f4f772f6fc3..c567d9e012c66e852ac1702259d381b288bfffc2 100644 (file)
--- a/extensions/libxt_osf.c
+++ b/extensions/libxt_osf.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ static void osf_help(void)
                "--ttl level            Use some TTL check extensions to determine OS:\n"
                "       0                       true ip and fingerprint TTL comparison. Works for LAN.\n"
                "       1                       check if ip TTL is less than fingerprint one. Works for global addresses.\n"
-               "       2                       do not compare TTL at all. Allows to detect NMAP, but can produce false results.\n"
+               "       2                       do not compare TTL at all. This allows NMAP detection, but can produce false results.\n"
                "--log level            Log determined genres into dmesg even if they do not match desired one:\n"
                "       0                       log all matched or unknown signatures.\n"
                "       1                       log only first one.\n"

diff --git a/iptables/iptables.8.in b/iptables/iptables.8.in
index 78df8f08376785e78295177c0802a0a50e07cc70..054564b3df91e1803513cc35afb64bf43373bd20 100644 (file)
--- a/iptables/iptables.8.in
+++ b/iptables/iptables.8.in
@@ -245,13 +245,13 @@ add, delete, insert, replace and append commands).
 This option has no effect in iptables and iptables-restore.
 If a rule using the \fB\-4\fP option is inserted with (and only with)
 ip6tables-restore, it will be silently ignored. Any other uses will throw an
-error. This option allows to put both IPv4 and IPv6 rules in a single rule file
+error. This option allows IPv4 and IPv6 rules in a single rule file
 for use with both iptables-restore and ip6tables-restore.
 .TP
 \fB\-6\fP, \fB\-\-ipv6\fP
 If a rule using the \fB\-6\fP option is inserted with (and only with)
 iptables-restore, it will be silently ignored. Any other uses will throw an
-error. This option allows to put both IPv4 and IPv6 rules in a single rule file
+error. This option allows IPv4 and IPv6 rules in a single rule file
 for use with both iptables-restore and ip6tables-restore.
 This option has no effect in ip6tables and ip6tables-restore.
 .TP