fd.4, initrd.4, pts.4, tty.4, vcs.4: spfix: Use `user:group' instead of `user.group'

The `:' is aligned with the traditional format of the widely used
command-line utility `chown'.

Signed-off-by: Michael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>

diff --git a/man4/fd.4 b/man4/fd.4
index 06bddd01415d41383cfc51e5f5ec0c4a6226f588..f882aae75f9aa8e6b5779739b3b0d115b6810901 100644 (file)
--- a/man4/fd.4
+++ b/man4/fd.4
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ fd \- floppy disk device
 Floppy drives are block devices with major number 2.
 Typically they
 are owned by
-.I root.floppy
+root:floppy
 (i.e., user root, group floppy) and have
 either mode 0660 (access checking via group membership) or mode 0666
 (everybody has access).

diff --git a/man4/initrd.4 b/man4/initrd.4
index 64707da77c8d9b930088e0a64f642262e617fb0f..f6e337937af076ccc1b93ccd15bd79d9fe5d7eba 100644 (file)
--- a/man4/initrd.4
+++ b/man4/initrd.4
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ major number 1 and minor number 250.
 Typically
 .I /dev/initrd
 is owned by
-.I root.disk
+root:disk
 with mode 0400 (read access by root only).
 If the Linux system does not have
 .I /dev/initrd

diff --git a/man4/pts.4 b/man4/pts.4
index fa3ea60c09fcf2bd06b4bacfdcbb3d7830e2ede0..93a97ad7362b6ea49c9f28329b90ab7f2a186c99 100644 (file)
--- a/man4/pts.4
+++ b/man4/pts.4
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ ptmx, pts \- pseudoterminal master and slave
 The file
 .I /dev/ptmx
 is a character file with major number 5 and
-minor number 2, usually of mode 0666 and owner.group of root.root.
+minor number 2, usually with mode 0666 and ownership root:root.
 It is used to create a pseudoterminal master and slave pair.
 .PP
 When a process opens

diff --git a/man4/tty.4 b/man4/tty.4
index 9429477076031a696087d1f16486d5eb58e195c9..1ba1ff22bc4069880fdf8a2d3a83b5b7b053ac0b 100644 (file)
--- a/man4/tty.4
+++ b/man4/tty.4
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ tty \- controlling terminal
 The file
 .I /dev/tty
 is a character file with major number 5 and
-minor number 0, usually of mode 0666 and owner.group root.tty.
+minor number 0, usually with mode 0666 and ownership root:tty.
 It is a synonym for the controlling terminal of a process, if any.
 .PP
 In addition to the

diff --git a/man4/vcs.4 b/man4/vcs.4
index 34a64c8f8bed8721b6132c841059720c9815e07f..290d6e3b850d57214f579862453008467832763c 100644 (file)
--- a/man4/vcs.4
+++ b/man4/vcs.4
@@ -32,14 +32,14 @@ vcs, vcsa \- virtual console memory
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .I /dev/vcs0
 is a character device with major number 7 and minor number
-0, usually of mode 0644 and owner root.tty.
+0, usually with mode 0644 and ownership root:tty.
 It refers to the memory of the currently
 displayed virtual console terminal.
 .PP
 .I /dev/vcs[1\-63]
 are character devices for virtual console
 terminals, they have major number 7 and minor number 1 to 63, usually
-mode 0644 and owner root.tty.
+mode 0644 and ownership root:tty.
 .IR /dev/vcsa[0\-63]
 are the same, but
 using