From 837f7a82d3cb39e732c71d1803c1759e57d7b0fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:19:32 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Wording and grammar fixes --- man5/services.5 | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/man5/services.5 b/man5/services.5 index 8fba47ffa..a05bdc250 100644 --- a/man5/services.5 +++ b/man5/services.5 @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ services \- Internet network services list .SH DESCRIPTION .B services -is a plain ASCII file providing a mapping between friendly textual +is a plain ASCII file providing a mapping between human-friendly textual names for internet services, and their underlying assigned port numbers and protocol types. Every networking program should look into @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Port numbers are assigned by the IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority), and their current policy is to assign both TCP and UDP protocols when assigning a port number. Therefore, most entries will -have two entries, even for TCP only services. +have two entries, even for TCP-only services. Port numbers below 1024 (so-called "low numbered" ports) can only be bound to by root (see