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authorBjörn Gustavsson <[email protected]>2015-04-14 23:21:36 +0200
committerBjörn Gustavsson <[email protected]>2016-03-31 14:24:12 +0200
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Update Kernel documentation
Language cleaned up by technical writers from Combitech. Proofreading and corrections by Björn Gustavsson and Hans Bolinder.
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diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/auth.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/auth.xml
index 71b1863e96..dcd784dcfd 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/auth.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/auth.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
<rev></rev>
</header>
<module>auth</module>
- <modulesummary>Erlang Network Authentication Server</modulesummary>
+ <modulesummary>Erlang network authentication server.</modulesummary>
<description>
<p>This module is deprecated. For a description of the Magic
Cookie system, refer to
@@ -42,60 +42,60 @@
</datatypes>
<funcs>
<func>
- <name name="is_auth" arity="1"/>
- <fsummary>Status of communication authorization (deprecated)</fsummary>
- <desc>
- <p>Returns <c>yes</c> if communication with <c><anno>Node</anno></c> is
- authorized. Note that a connection to <c><anno>Node</anno></c> will
- be established in this case. Returns <c>no</c> if <c><anno>Node</anno></c>
- does not exist or communication is not authorized (it has
- another cookie than <c>auth</c> thinks it has).</p>
- <p>Use <seealso marker="net_adm#ping/1">net_adm:ping(<c><anno>Node</anno></c>)</seealso>
- instead.</p>
- </desc>
- </func>
- <func>
<name name="cookie" arity="0"/>
- <fsummary>Magic cookie for local node (deprecated)</fsummary>
+ <fsummary>Magic cookie for local node (deprecated).</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Use
- <seealso marker="erts:erlang#erlang:get_cookie/0">erlang:get_cookie()</seealso>
- instead.</p>
+ <seealso marker="erts:erlang#erlang:get_cookie/0"><c>erlang:get_cookie()</c></seealso>
+ in <c>ERTS</c> instead.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name name="cookie" arity="1"/>
- <fsummary>Set the magic for the local node (deprecated)</fsummary>
+ <fsummary>Set the magic for the local node (deprecated).</fsummary>
<type_desc variable="TheCookie">
- The cookie may also be given as a list with a single atom element.
+ The cookie can also be specified as a list with a single atom element.
</type_desc>
<desc>
<p>Use
- <seealso marker="erts:erlang#erlang:set_cookie/2">erlang:set_cookie(node(), <c><anno>Cookie</anno></c>)</seealso>
+ <seealso marker="erts:erlang#erlang:set_cookie/2"><c>erlang:set_cookie(node(), <anno>Cookie</anno>)</c>
+ in <c>ERTS</c></seealso> instead.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+ <func>
+ <name name="is_auth" arity="1"/>
+ <fsummary>Status of communication authorization (deprecated).</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Returns <c>yes</c> if communication with <c><anno>Node</anno></c> is
+ authorized. Notice that a connection to <c><anno>Node</anno></c>
+ is established in this case. Returns <c>no</c> if <c><anno>Node</anno></c>
+ does not exist or communication is not authorized (it has
+ another cookie than <c>auth</c> thinks it has).</p>
+ <p>Use <seealso marker="net_adm#ping/1"><c>net_adm:ping(<anno>Node</anno>)</c></seealso>
instead.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>node_cookie([Node, Cookie]) -> yes | no</name>
- <fsummary>Set the magic cookie for a node and verify authorization (deprecated)</fsummary>
+ <fsummary>Set the magic cookie for a node and verify authorization (deprecated).</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Node = node()</v>
- <v>Cookie = <seealso marker="#type-cookie">cookie()</seealso></v>
+ <v>Cookie = <seealso marker="#type-cookie"><c>cookie()</c></seealso></v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Equivalent to
- <seealso marker="#node_cookie/2">node_cookie(Node, Cookie)</seealso>.</p>
+ <seealso marker="#node_cookie/2"><c>node_cookie(Node, Cookie)</c></seealso>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name name="node_cookie" arity="2"/>
- <fsummary>Set the magic cookie for a node and verify authorization (deprecated)</fsummary>
+ <fsummary>Set the magic cookie for a node and verify authorization (deprecated).</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Sets the magic cookie of <c><anno>Node</anno></c> to <c><anno>Cookie</anno></c>, and
- verifies the status of the authorization.
+ <p>Sets the magic cookie of <c><anno>Node</anno></c> to
+ <c><anno>Cookie</anno></c> and verifies the status of the authorization.
Equivalent to calling
- <seealso marker="erts:erlang#erlang:set_cookie/2">erlang:set_cookie(<c><anno>Node</anno></c>, <c><anno>Cookie</anno>)</c></seealso>, followed by
- <seealso marker="#is_auth/1">auth:is_auth(<c><anno>Node</anno></c>)</seealso>.</p>
+ <seealso marker="erts:erlang#erlang:set_cookie/2"><c>erlang:set_cookie(<anno>Node</anno>, <anno>Cookie</anno>)</c></seealso>, followed by
+ <seealso marker="#is_auth/1"><c>auth:is_auth(<anno>Node</anno>)</c></seealso>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
</funcs>