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index 3126505b8b..593f68c495 100644
--- a/usr/src/man/man4/hosts_options.4
+++ b/usr/src/man/man4/hosts_options.4
@@ -2,19 +2,18 @@
.\"
.\" Modified for Solaris to to add the Solaris stability classification,
.\" and to add a note about source availability.
-.\"
-.TH HOSTS_OPTIONS 4
+.\"
+.TH HOSTS_OPTIONS 4 "Sep 15, 2011"
.SH NAME
hosts_options \- host access control language extensions
.SH DESCRIPTION
This document describes optional extensions to the language described
in the hosts_access(4) document. The extensions are enabled at program
-build time. For example, by editing the Makefile and turning on the
+build time. For example, by editing the Makefile and turning on the
PROCESS_OPTIONS compile-time option.
.PP
The extensible language uses the following format:
.sp
-.ti +3
daemon_list : client_list : option : option ...
.PP
The first two fields are described in the hosts_access(4) manual page.
@@ -44,17 +43,13 @@ access control rules within a single file, for example in the
To permit access from specific hosts only:
.sp
.ne 2
-.ti +3
ALL: .friendly.domain: ALLOW
-.ti +3
ALL: ALL: DENY
.sp
To permit access from all hosts except a few trouble makers:
.sp
.ne 2
-.ti +3
ALL: .bad.domain: DENY
-.ti +3
ALL: ALL: ALLOW
.sp
Notice the leading dot on the domain name patterns.
@@ -67,7 +62,6 @@ connected to the null device, so that it won\'t mess up the
conversation with the client host. Example:
.sp
.nf
-.ti +3
spawn (/some/where/safe_finger -l @%h | /usr/ucb/mail root) &
.fi
.sp
@@ -90,7 +84,6 @@ To send a customized bounce message to the client instead of
running the real ftp daemon:
.sp
.nf
-.ti +3
in.ftpd : ... : twist /bin/echo 421 Some bounce message
.fi
.sp
@@ -101,7 +94,6 @@ To run /some/other/in.telnetd without polluting its command-line
array or its process environment:
.sp
.nf
-.ti +3
in.telnetd : ... : twist PATH=/some/other; exec in.telnetd
.fi
.sp
@@ -117,7 +109,7 @@ it is still connected to a server. The keepalive option is not useful
for datagram (UDP) services.
.IP "linger number_of_seconds"
Specifies how long the kernel will try to deliver not-yet delivered
-data after the server process closes a connection.
+data after the server process closes a connection.
.SH USERNAME LOOKUP
.IP "rfc931 [ timeout_in_seconds ]"
Look up the client user name with the RFC 931 (TAP, IDENT, RFC 1413)
@@ -142,7 +134,7 @@ Warning: banners are supported for connection-oriented (TCP) network
services only.
.IP "nice [ number ]"
Change the nice value of the process (default 10). Specify a positive
-value to spend more CPU resources on other processes.
+value to spend more CPU resources on other processes.
.IP "setenv name value"
Place a (name, value) pair into the process environment. The value is
subjected to %<letter> expansions and may contain whitespace (but
@@ -172,7 +164,7 @@ hosts_access(4), the default access control language
Wietse Venema (wietse@wzv.win.tue.nl)
Department of Mathematics and Computing Science
Eindhoven University of Technology
-Den Dolech 2, P.O. Box 513,
+Den Dolech 2, P.O. Box 513,
5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
\" @(#) hosts_options.5 1.10 94/12/28 17:42:28
.\" Begin Sun update
@@ -183,10 +175,10 @@ for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp
.TS
box;
-cbp-1 | cbp-1
+c | c
l | l .
ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
=
Interface Stability Committed
-.TE
+.TE
.\" End Sun update