Manual pages: login.1: various minor wording fixes

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) 2020-07-14 11:57:40 +02:00 committed by Karel Zak
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@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ not to destroy the environment.
.TP
.B \-f
Used to skip a login authentication. This option is usually
used by
used by the
.BR getty (8)
autologin feature.
.TP
@ -111,14 +111,14 @@ use this option.
.IP
Note that the
.B \-h
option has impact on the
option has an impact on the
.B PAM service
.BR name .
The standard service name is
.IR login ,
with the
but with the
.B \-h
option the name is
option, the name is
.IR remote .
It is necessary to create proper PAM config files (e.g.,
.I /etc\:/pam.d\:/login
@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ If the
.B MOTD_FILE
item is empty or a quiet login is enabled, then the message of the day
is not displayed. Note that the same functionality is also provided
by
by the
.BR pam_motd (8)
PAM module.
.PP
@ -191,7 +191,8 @@ Forces
.B login
to stop display content specified by
.B MOTD_FILE
after first accessible item in the list. Note that a directory is one item in this case.
after the first accessible item in the list.
Note that a directory is one item in this case.
This option allows to configure
.B login
semantic to be more compatible with pam_motd.
@ -203,7 +204,8 @@ semantic to be more compatible with pam_motd.
Tell
.B login
that printing the hostname should be suppressed in the login:
prompt. This is alternative to the \fB\-H\fR command line option. The default
prompt.
This is an alternative to the \fB\-H\fR command line option. The default
value is
.IR no .
.RE
@ -211,7 +213,7 @@ value is
.B LOGIN_TIMEOUT
(number)
.RS 4
Max time in seconds for login. The default value is
Maximum time in seconds for login. The default value is
.IR 60 .
.RE
.PP