On Thu, Apr 07, 2016 at 03:15:01PM -0400, Rob Pierce wrote: > Change "super user" to "superuser". > > Rob >
hmm. you have the weight of the man pages behind you, since they overwhelmingly use "superuser". the trouble is, i don;t think "super user" is wrong, and i'm reluctant to do this... i've made changes like this before, when we have a real majority of spelling leading one way. but they always creep back in. i think we should just accept that we can spell things more than one way sometimes. but then grep ;( jmc, indecisive... > Index: src/share/man/man4/pty.4 > =================================================================== > RCS file: /cvs/src/share/man/man4/pty.4,v > retrieving revision 1.21 > diff -u -p -r1.21 pty.4 > --- src/share/man/man4/pty.4 21 Nov 2015 08:04:20 -0000 1.21 > +++ src/share/man/man4/pty.4 7 Apr 2016 19:12:07 -0000 > @@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ device nodes following the naming conven > .Ox . > Since > .Pa ptm > -impersonates the super user for some operations it needs to perform > +impersonates the superuser for some operations it needs to perform > to complete the allocation of a pseudo terminal, the > .Pa /dev > -directory must also be writeable by the super user. > +directory must also be writeable by the superuser. > > Index: src/share/man/man5/login.conf.5 > =================================================================== > RCS file: /cvs/src/share/man/man5/login.conf.5,v > retrieving revision 1.62 > diff -u -p -r1.62 login.conf.5 > --- src/share/man/man5/login.conf.5 30 Mar 2016 06:58:06 -0000 1.62 > +++ src/share/man/man5/login.conf.5 7 Apr 2016 19:12:07 -0000 > @@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ to indicate if the user is in group whee > Some authentication types require the user to be in group wheel when using > the > .Xr su 1 > -program to become super user. > +program to become superuser. > .El > .Pp > When the authentication program is executed, > > Index: src/usr.sbin/cron/crontab.1 > =================================================================== > RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.sbin/cron/crontab.1,v > retrieving revision 1.33 > diff -u -p -r1.33 crontab.1 > --- src/usr.sbin/cron/crontab.1 26 Oct 2015 15:50:06 -0000 1.33 > +++ src/usr.sbin/cron/crontab.1 7 Apr 2016 19:12:07 -0000 > @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ be listed in the > .Pa /var/cron/cron.deny > file in order to use > .Nm . > -If neither of these files exists then only the super user > +If neither of these files exists then only the superuser > will be allowed to use > .Nm . > .Em NOTE :
