2006-02-26 Havoc Pennington <hp@redhat.com>

	* bus/dbus-daemon.1.in: improve the language in a couple spots I noticed

	* dbus/dbus-bus.c (internal_bus_get): in the error message if the
	session bus variable is unset, suggest "man dbus-launch" and "man
	dbus-daemon" to figure out how to fix the problem

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 311e29e..d30266e 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2006-02-26  Havoc Pennington  <hp@redhat.com>
+
+       * bus/dbus-daemon.1.in: improve the language in a couple spots I noticed
+
+       * dbus/dbus-bus.c (internal_bus_get): in the error message if the
+       session bus variable is unset, suggest "man dbus-launch" and "man
+       dbus-daemon" to figure out how to fix the problem
+
 2006-02-25  Havoc Pennington  <hp@redhat.com>
 
        * glib/dbus-glib-tool.c (usage): fix up the usage message, someone

diff --git a/bus/dbus-daemon.1.in b/bus/dbus-daemon.1.in
index 902ff37..5144bc1 100644 (file)
--- a/bus/dbus-daemon.1.in
+++ b/bus/dbus-daemon.1.in
@@ -295,16 +295,22 @@ by max_message_size.
 
 .PP
 max_completed_connections divided by max_connections_per_user is the
-number of users that can work together to DOS all other users by using
-up all connections.
+number of users that can work together to denial-of-service all other users by using
+up all connections on the systemwide bus.
+
+.PP
+Limits are normally only of interest on the systemwide bus, not the user session 
+buses.
 
 .TP
 .I "<policy>"
 
 .PP
-The <policy> element defines a policy to be applied to a particular
+The <policy> element defines a security policy to be applied to a particular
 set of connections to the bus. A policy is made up of
-<allow> and <deny> elements.
+<allow> and <deny> elements. Policies are normally used with the systemwide bus;
+they are analogous to a firewall in that they allow expected traffic 
+and prevent unexpected traffic.
 
 .PP
 The <policy> element has one of three attributes:
@@ -559,11 +565,13 @@ probably add a way to set the default connection context.
 Second, any time a connection asks to own a name, 
 the bus daemon will check permissions with the security 
 context of the connection as source, the security context specified
-for the name with an <associate> element as target, object 
+for the name in the config file as target, object 
 class "dbus" and requested permission "acquire_svc".
 
 .PP
-If the name has no security context associated in the 
+The security context for a bus name is specified with the 
+<associate> element described earlier in this document.
+If a name has no security context associated in the 
 configuration file, the security context of the bus daemon 
 itself will be used.
 

diff --git a/dbus/dbus-bus.c b/dbus/dbus-bus.c
index 8ba7d94..060b0ba 100644 (file)
--- a/dbus/dbus-bus.c
+++ b/dbus/dbus-bus.c
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ internal_bus_get (DBusBusType  type,
   if (address == NULL)
     {
       dbus_set_error (error, DBUS_ERROR_FAILED,
-                      "Unable to determine the address of the message bus");
+                      "Unable to determine the address of the message bus (try 'man dbus-launch' and 'man dbus-daemon' for help)");
       _DBUS_UNLOCK (bus);
       return NULL;
     }