From 34b062d31122e4498d93c6bd0cf7b96361efccb6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2023 10:11:05 +0100
Subject: manual pages: document usage of $DISPLAY and PAM_TTY
man/pam_item_types_std.inc.xml: In the past, PAM_TTY was used for tty
devices and $DISPLAY variables for X-based applications. With the
introduction of PAM_DISPLAY PAM_TTY should only be used for devices.
---
doc/man/pam_item_types_std.inc.xml | 12 +++++++-----
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
(limited to 'doc')
diff --git a/doc/man/pam_item_types_std.inc.xml b/doc/man/pam_item_types_std.inc.xml
index 9b229486..b91c71bd 100644
--- a/doc/man/pam_item_types_std.inc.xml
+++ b/doc/man/pam_item_types_std.inc.xml
@@ -40,10 +40,12 @@
<term>PAM_TTY</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- The terminal name: prefixed by <filename>/dev/</filename> if
- it is a device file; for graphical, X-based, applications the
- value for this item should be the
- <emphasis>$DISPLAY</emphasis> variable.
+ The terminal name prefixed by <filename>/dev/</filename> for
+ device files.
+ In the past, graphical X-based applications used to store the
+ <emphasis>$DISPLAY</emphasis> variable here, but with the
+ introduction of <emphasis>PAM_XDISPLAY</emphasis> this usage
+ is deprecated.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -134,4 +136,4 @@
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
\ No newline at end of file
+ </variablelist>
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