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diff --git a/nx-X11/programs/nxauth/nxauth.man b/nx-X11/programs/nxauth/nxauth.man index b9df3737d..a414afad4 100644 --- a/nx-X11/programs/nxauth/nxauth.man +++ b/nx-X11/programs/nxauth/nxauth.man @@ -27,51 +27,51 @@ .\" .TH XAUTH 1 __xorgversion__ .SH NAME -nxauth \- NoMachine X authority file utility +xauth \- X authority file utility .SH SYNOPSIS -.B nxauth +.B xauth [ \fB\-f\fP \fIauthfile\fP ] [ \fB\-vqib\fP ] [ \fIcommand arg ...\fP ] .SH DESCRIPTION .PP -The \fInxauth\fP program is used to edit and display the authorization +The \fIxauth\fP program is used to edit and display the authorization information used in connecting to the X server. This program is usually used to extract authorization records from one machine and merge them in on another (as is the case when using remote logins or granting access to other users). Commands (described below) may be entered interactively, -on the \fInxauth\fP command line, or in scripts. Note that this program +on the \fIxauth\fP command line, or in scripts. Note that this program does \fBnot\fP contact the X server except when the generate command is used. -Normally \fInxauth\fP is not used to create the authority file entry in +Normally \fIxauth\fP is not used to create the authority file entry in the first place; \fIxdm\fP does that. .SH OPTIONS -The following options may be used with \fInxauth\fP. They may be given +The following options may be used with \fIxauth\fP. They may be given individually (e.g., \fI\-q \-i\|\fP) or may combined (e.g., \fI\-qi\|\fP). .TP 8 .B "\-f \fIauthfile\fP" This option specifies the name of the authority file to use. By default, -\fInxauth\fP will use the file specified by the nxauthORITY environment variable +\fIxauth\fP will use the file specified by the XAUTHORITY environment variable or \fI\.Xauthority\fP in the user's home directory. .TP 8 .B \-q -This option indicates that \fInxauth\fP should operate quietly and not print -unsolicited status messages. This is the default if an \fInxauth\fP command is +This option indicates that \fIxauth\fP should operate quietly and not print +unsolicited status messages. This is the default if an \fIxauth\fP command is is given on the command line or if the standard output is not directed to a terminal. .TP 8 .B \-v -This option indicates that \fInxauth\fP should operate verbosely and print +This option indicates that \fIxauth\fP should operate verbosely and print status messages indicating the results of various operations (e.g., how many -records have been read in or written out). This is the default if \fInxauth\fP +records have been read in or written out). This is the default if \fIxauth\fP is reading commands from its standard input and its standard output is directed to a terminal. .TP 8 .B \-i -This option indicates that \fInxauth\fP should ignore any authority file -locks. Normally, \fInxauth\fP will refuse to read or edit any authority files +This option indicates that \fIxauth\fP should ignore any authority file +locks. Normally, \fIxauth\fP will refuse to read or edit any authority files that have been locked by other programs (usually \fIxdm\fP or another -\fInxauth\fP). +\fIxauth\fP). .TP 8 .B \-b -This option indicates that \fInxauth\fP should attempt to break any authority +This option indicates that \fIxauth\fP should attempt to break any authority file locks before proceeding. Use this option only to clean up stale locks. .SH COMMANDS The following commands may be used to manipulate authority files: @@ -157,14 +157,14 @@ Authorization entries matching the specified displays are removed from the authority file. .TP 8 .B "source \fIfilename" -The specified file is treated as a script containing \fInxauth\fP commands +The specified file is treated as a script containing \fIxauth\fP commands to execute. Blank lines and lines beginning with a sharp sign (#) are ignored. A single dash may be used to indicate the standard input, if it hasn't already been read. .TP 8 .B "info" Information describing the authorization file, whether or not any changes -have been made, and from where \fInxauth\fP commands are being read +have been made, and from where \fIxauth\fP commands are being read is printed on the standard output. .TP 8 .B "exit" @@ -194,12 +194,12 @@ referred to as \fIhostname\fP/unix:\fIdisplaynumber\fP so that local entries for different machines may be stored in one authority file. .SH EXAMPLE .PP -The most common use for \fInxauth\fP is to extract the entry for the +The most common use for \fIxauth\fP is to extract the entry for the current display, copy it to another machine, and merge it into the user's authority file on the remote machine: .sp .nf - % nxauth extract \- $DISPLAY | rsh otherhost nxauth merge \- + % xauth extract \- $DISPLAY | rsh otherhost xauth merge \- .fi .PP .sp @@ -207,10 +207,10 @@ The following command contacts the server :0 to create an authorization using the MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 protocol. Clients that connect with this authorization will be untrusted. .nf - % nxauth generate :0 . + % xauth generate :0 . .fi .SH ENVIRONMENT -This \fInxauth\fP program uses the following environment variables: +This \fIxauth\fP program uses the following environment variables: .TP 8 .B XAUTHORITY to get the name of the authority file to use if the \fI\-f\fP option isn't |