Stop calling system calls "function calls".
Use "The .Fn system call" a-la "The .Nm utility".
When referring to a non-BSD implementation in
the HISTORY section, call syscall a function,
to be safe.
interface was based on a draft version of POSIX whereas the final
(1996) version of POSIX specified that the error is returned.
While I'm here, fix getlogin_r so that it works for more than just
the first time it's called.
Reviewed by: wes, wollman (man page)
track.
The $Id$ line is normally at the bottom of the main comment block in the
man page, separated from the rest of the manpage by an empty comment,
like so;
.\" $Id$
.\"
If the immediately preceding comment is a @(#) format ID marker than the
the $Id$ will line up underneath it with no intervening blank lines.
Otherwise, an additional blank line is inserted.
Approved by: bde
in a bunch of man pages.
Use the correct .Bx (BSD UNIX) or .At (AT&T UNIX) macros
instead of explicitly specifying the version in the text
in a bunch of man pages.
explicit that it is global to the entire "session", and that setsid() or
daemon() are need to have been called at some point.
The most notable offender of setlogin() misuse is XFree86's xdm.
