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-rw-r--r--NEWS4
-rw-r--r--modules/pam_faillock/pam_faillock.8.xml2
-rw-r--r--modules/pam_lastlog/pam_lastlog.8.xml2
-rw-r--r--modules/pam_limits/pam_limits.c2
-rw-r--r--modules/pam_sepermit/sepermit.conf2
-rw-r--r--modules/pam_tty_audit/pam_tty_audit.8.xml2
-rw-r--r--modules/pam_userdb/pam_userdb.c2
7 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d6e971c9..2d49ec39 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
Linux-PAM NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.
Release 1.5.1
-* pam_unix: fixed CVE-2020-27780 - authentication bypass when an
- user doesn't exist and root password is blank
+* pam_unix: fixed CVE-2020-27780 - authentication bypass when a user
+ doesn't exist and root password is blank
* pam_faillock: added nodelay option to not set pam_fail_delay
* pam_wheel: use pam_modutil_user_in_group to check for the group membership
with getgrouplist where it is available
diff --git a/modules/pam_faillock/pam_faillock.8.xml b/modules/pam_faillock/pam_faillock.8.xml
index f43b4015..58c16442 100644
--- a/modules/pam_faillock/pam_faillock.8.xml
+++ b/modules/pam_faillock/pam_faillock.8.xml
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@
Note that using the module in <option>preauth</option> without the
<option>silent</option> option specified in <filename>/etc/security/faillock.conf</filename>
or with <emphasis>requisite</emphasis> control field leaks an information about
- existence or non-existence of an user account in the system because
+ existence or non-existence of a user account in the system because
the failures are not recorded for the unknown users. The message
about the user account being locked is never displayed for non-existing
user accounts allowing the adversary to infer that a particular account
diff --git a/modules/pam_lastlog/pam_lastlog.8.xml b/modules/pam_lastlog/pam_lastlog.8.xml
index a2f14fc2..bada2ea0 100644
--- a/modules/pam_lastlog/pam_lastlog.8.xml
+++ b/modules/pam_lastlog/pam_lastlog.8.xml
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
<title>EXAMPLES</title>
<para>
Add the following line to <filename>/etc/pam.d/login</filename> to
- display the last login time of an user:
+ display the last login time of a user:
</para>
<programlisting>
session required pam_lastlog.so nowtmp
diff --git a/modules/pam_limits/pam_limits.c b/modules/pam_limits/pam_limits.c
index 9ecc272a..10049973 100644
--- a/modules/pam_limits/pam_limits.c
+++ b/modules/pam_limits/pam_limits.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
/* Module defines */
#define LINE_LENGTH 1024
-#define LIMITS_DEF_USER 0 /* limit was set by an user entry */
+#define LIMITS_DEF_USER 0 /* limit was set by a user entry */
#define LIMITS_DEF_GROUP 1 /* limit was set by a group entry */
#define LIMITS_DEF_ALLGROUP 2 /* limit was set by a group entry */
#define LIMITS_DEF_ALL 3 /* limit was set by an all entry */
diff --git a/modules/pam_sepermit/sepermit.conf b/modules/pam_sepermit/sepermit.conf
index 951f3dfe..0a12cd83 100644
--- a/modules/pam_sepermit/sepermit.conf
+++ b/modules/pam_sepermit/sepermit.conf
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
# /etc/security/sepermit.conf
#
# Each line contains either:
-# - an user name
+# - a user name
# - a group name, with @group syntax
# - a SELinux user name, with %seuser syntax
# Each line can contain optional arguments separated by :
diff --git a/modules/pam_tty_audit/pam_tty_audit.8.xml b/modules/pam_tty_audit/pam_tty_audit.8.xml
index e346c689..1c0ba5c4 100644
--- a/modules/pam_tty_audit/pam_tty_audit.8.xml
+++ b/modules/pam_tty_audit/pam_tty_audit.8.xml
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
<title>NOTES</title>
<para>
When TTY auditing is enabled, it is inherited by all processes started by
- that user. In particular, daemons restarted by an user will still have
+ that user. In particular, daemons restarted by a user will still have
TTY auditing enabled, and audit TTY input even by other users unless
auditing for these users is explicitly disabled. Therefore, it is
recommended to use <option>disable=*</option> as the first option for
diff --git a/modules/pam_userdb/pam_userdb.c b/modules/pam_userdb/pam_userdb.c
index a46cd276..dc2ca232 100644
--- a/modules/pam_userdb/pam_userdb.c
+++ b/modules/pam_userdb/pam_userdb.c
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ _pam_parse (pam_handle_t *pamh, int argc, const char **argv,
/*
- * Looks up an user name in a database and checks the password
+ * Looks up a user name in a database and checks the password
*
* return values:
* 1 = User not found