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authortmanevik <tommy.manevik@combitech.se>2015-07-06 21:21:27 +0200
committerIngela Anderton Andin <ingela@erlang.org>2015-09-01 14:59:15 +0200
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Inets Reference Manual
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diff --git a/lib/inets/doc/src/mod_security.xml b/lib/inets/doc/src/mod_security.xml
index 467c68d364..7aae98e1cf 100644
--- a/lib/inets/doc/src/mod_security.xml
+++ b/lib/inets/doc/src/mod_security.xml
@@ -40,19 +40,21 @@
<name>list_auth_users(Address, Port) -> Users | []</name>
<name>list_auth_users(Port, Dir) -> Users | []</name>
<name>list_auth_users(Address, Port, Dir) -> Users | []</name>
- <fsummary>List users that have authenticated within the SecurityAuthTimeout time for a given address (if specified), port number and directory (if specified).</fsummary>
+ <fsummary>Lists users that have authenticated within the <c>SecurityAuthTimeout</c>
+ time for a given address (if specified), port number, and directory
+ (if specified).</fsummary>
<type>
- <v>Port = integer()</v>
+ <v>Port = integer()</v>
<v>Address = {A,B,C,D} | string() | undefined</v>
- <v>Dir = string()</v>
- <v>Users = list() = [string()]</v>
+ <v>Dir = string()</v>
+ <v>Users = list() = [string()]</v>
</type>
<desc>
<marker id="list_auth_users"></marker>
- <p><c>list_auth_users/1</c>, <c>list_auth_users/2</c> and
- <c>list_auth_users/3</c> returns a list of users that are
+ <p><c>list_auth_users/1</c>, <c>list_auth_users/2</c>, and
+ <c>list_auth_users/3</c> each returns a list of users that are
currently authenticated. Authentications are stored for
- SecurityAuthTimeout seconds, and are then discarded.</p>
+ <c>SecurityAuthTimeout</c> seconds, and then discarded.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
@@ -60,69 +62,70 @@
<name>list_blocked_users(Address, Port) -> Users | []</name>
<name>list_blocked_users(Port, Dir) -> Users | []</name>
<name>list_blocked_users(Address, Port, Dir) -> Users | []</name>
- <fsummary>List users that are currently blocked from access to a specified port number, for a given address (if specified).</fsummary>
+ <fsummary>Lists users that are currently blocked from access to a
+ specified port number, for a given address (if specified).</fsummary>
<type>
- <v>Port = integer()</v>
+ <v>Port = integer()</v>
<v>Address = {A,B,C,D} | string() | undefined</v>
- <v>Dir = string()</v>
- <v>Users = list() = [string()]</v>
+ <v>Dir = string()</v>
+ <v>Users = list() = [string()]</v>
</type>
<desc>
<marker id="list_blocked_users"></marker>
- <p><c>list_blocked_users/1</c>, <c>list_blocked_users/2</c> and
- <c>list_blocked_users/3</c> returns a list of users that are
+ <p><c>list_blocked_users/1</c>, <c>list_blocked_users/2</c>, and
+ <c>list_blocked_users/3</c> each returns a list of users that are
currently blocked from access.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>block_user(User, Port, Dir, Seconds) -> true | {error, Reason}</name>
<name>block_user(User, Address, Port, Dir, Seconds) -> true | {error, Reason}</name>
- <fsummary>Block user from access to a directory for a certain amount of time.</fsummary>
+ <fsummary>Blocks a user from access to a directory for a certain amount of time.</fsummary>
<type>
- <v>User = string()</v>
- <v>Port = integer()</v>
+ <v>User = string()</v>
+ <v>Port = integer()</v>
<v>Address = {A,B,C,D} | string() | undefined</v>
- <v>Dir = string()</v>
+ <v>Dir = string()</v>
<v>Seconds = integer() | infinity</v>
- <v>Reason = no_such_directory</v>
+ <v>Reason = no_such_directory</v>
</type>
<desc>
<marker id="block_user"></marker>
- <p><c>block_user/4</c> and <c>block_user/5</c> blocks the user
- <c>User</c> from the directory <c>Dir</c> for a specified
+ <p><c>block_user/4</c> and <c>block_user/5</c> each blocks the user
+ <c>User</c> from directory <c>Dir</c> for a specified
amount of time.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>unblock_user(User, Port) -> true | {error, Reason}</name>
+ <name>unblock_user(User, Port) -> true | {error, Reason}</name>
<name>unblock_user(User, Address, Port) -> true | {error, Reason}</name>
- <name>unblock_user(User, Port, Dir) -> true | {error, Reason}</name>
+ <name>unblock_user(User, Port, Dir) -> true | {error, Reason}</name>
<name>unblock_user(User, Address, Port, Dir) -> true | {error, Reason}</name>
- <fsummary>Remove a blocked user from the block list</fsummary>
+ <fsummary>Removes a blocked user from the block list.</fsummary>
<type>
- <v>User = string()</v>
- <v>Port = integer()</v>
+ <v>User = string()</v>
+ <v>Port = integer()</v>
<v>Address = {A,B,C,D} | string() | undefined</v>
- <v>Dir = string()</v>
+ <v>Dir = string()</v>
<v>Reason = term()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<marker id="unblock_user"></marker>
- <p><c>unblock_user/2</c>, <c>unblock_user/3</c> and
- <c>unblock_user/4</c> removes the user <c>User</c> from
- the list of blocked users for the Port (and Dir) specified.</p>
+ <p><c>unblock_user/2</c>, <c>unblock_user/3</c>, and
+ <c>unblock_user/4</c> each removes the user <c>User</c> from
+ the list of blocked users for <c>Port</c> (and <c>Dir</c>).</p>
</desc>
</func>
</funcs>
<section>
<marker id="callback_module"></marker>
- <title>The SecurityCallbackModule</title>
- <p>The SecurityCallbackModule is a user written module that can receive
- events from the mod_security Erlang Webserver API module.
- This module only exports the function(s),
+ <title>SecurityCallbackModule</title>
+ <p>The <c>SecurityCallbackModule</c> is a user-written module that can receive
+ events from the <c>mod_security</c> Erlang web server API module.
+ This module only exports the functions
<seealso marker="#callback_module_event">event/4,5</seealso>,
- which are described below.
+ which are described here.
</p>
</section>
@@ -130,26 +133,33 @@
<func>
<name>event(What, Port, Dir, Data) -> ignored</name>
<name>event(What, Address, Port, Dir, Data) -> ignored</name>
- <fsummary>This function is called whenever an event occurs in mod_security</fsummary>
+ <fsummary>Called whenever an event occurs in <c>mod_security</c>.</fsummary>
<type>
- <v>What = atom()</v>
- <v>Port = integer()</v>
+ <v>What = atom()</v>
+ <v>Port = integer()</v>
<v>Address = {A,B,C,D} | string() &lt;v>Dir = string()</v>
- <v>Data = [Info]</v>
- <v>Info = {Name, Value}</v>
+ <v>Data = [Info]</v>
+ <v>Info = {Name, Value}</v>
</type>
<desc>
<marker id="callback_module_event"></marker>
- <p><c>event/4</c> or <c>event/4</c> is called whenever an event
- occurs in the mod_security Erlang Webserver API module (<c>event/4</c> is
- called if Address is undefined and <c>event/5</c> otherwise).
- The <c>What</c> argument specifies the type of event that has
- occurred, and should be one of the following reasons;
- <c>auth_fail</c> (a failed user authentication),
- <c>user_block</c> (a user is being blocked from access) or
- <c>user_unblock</c> (a user is being removed from the block list).</p>
+ <p><c>event/4</c> or <c>event/5</c> is called whenever an event
+ occurs in the <c>mod_security</c> Erlang web server API module.
+ (<c>event/4</c> is called if <c>Address</c> is undefined,
+ otherwise <c>event/5</c>.
+ Argument <c>What</c> specifies the type of event that has
+ occurred and is one of the following reasons:
+ </p>
+ <taglist>
+ <tag><c>auth_fail</c></tag>
+ <item><p>A failed user authentication.</p></item>
+ <tag><c>user_block</c></tag>
+ <item><p>A user is being blocked from access.</p></item>
+ <tag><c>user_unblock</c></tag>
+ <item><p>A user is being removed from the block list.</p></item>
+ </taglist>
<note>
- <p>Note that the <c>user_unblock</c> event is not triggered when
+ <p>The event <c>user_unblock</c> is not triggered when
a user is removed from the block list explicitly using the
<c>unblock_user</c> function.</p>
</note>