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diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/auth.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/auth.xml
index f53fc8b29a..15d9ef0fe4 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/auth.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/auth.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1996</year><year>2009</year>
+ <year>1996</year><year>2011</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -34,29 +34,28 @@
Cookie system, refer to
<seealso marker="doc/reference_manual:distributed">Distributed Erlang</seealso> in the Erlang Reference Manual.</p>
</description>
+ <datatypes>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="cookie"/>
+ </datatype>
+ </datatypes>
<funcs>
<func>
- <name>is_auth(Node) -> yes | no</name>
+ <name name="is_auth" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Status of communication authorization (deprecated)</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Node = node()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>Returns <c>yes</c> if communication with <c>Node</c> is
- authorized. Note that a connection to <c>Node</c> will
- be established in this case. Returns <c>no</c> if <c>Node</c>
+ <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(Node)</seealso>
+ <p>Use <seealso marker="net_adm#ping/1">net_adm:ping(<anno>Node</anno>)</seealso>
instead.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>cookie() -> Cookie</name>
+ <name name="cookie" arity="0"/>
<fsummary>Magic cookie for local node (deprecated)</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Cookie = atom()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Use
<seealso marker="erts:erlang#erlang:get_cookie/0">erlang:get_cookie()</seealso>
@@ -64,16 +63,14 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>cookie(TheCookie) -> true</name>
+ <name name="cookie" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Set the magic for the local node (deprecated)</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>TheCookie = Cookie | [Cookie]</v>
- <d>The cookie may also be given as a list with a single atom element</d>
- <v>&nbsp;Cookie = atom()</v>
- </type>
+ <type_desc variable="TheCookie">
+ The cookie may also be given 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(), Cookie)</seealso>
+ <seealso marker="erts:erlang#erlang:set_cookie/2">erlang:set_cookie(node(), <anno>Cookie</anno>)</seealso>
instead.</p>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -82,7 +79,7 @@
<fsummary>Set the magic cookie for a node and verify authorization (deprecated)</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Node = node()</v>
- <v>Cookie = atom()</v>
+ <v>Cookie = <seealso marker="#type-cookie">cookie()</seealso></v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Equivalent to
@@ -90,18 +87,14 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>node_cookie(Node, Cookie) -> yes | no</name>
+ <name name="node_cookie" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Set the magic cookie for a node and verify authorization (deprecated)</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Node = node()</v>
- <v>Cookie = atom()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>Sets the magic cookie of <c>Node</c> to <c>Cookie</c>, and
+ <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(Node, Cookie)</seealso>, followed by
- <seealso marker="#is_auth/1">auth:is_auth(Node)</seealso>.</p>
+ <seealso marker="erts:erlang#erlang:set_cookie/2">erlang:set_cookie(<anno>Node</anno>, <anno>Cookie</anno>)</seealso>, followed by
+ <seealso marker="#is_auth/1">auth:is_auth(<anno>Node</anno>)</seealso>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
</funcs>