bsd-auth: remove pointer deref from vars in documentation

1 files changed, 24 insertions, 24 deletions

diff --git a/content/posts/WIP-how-bsd-authentication-works/index.org b/content/posts/WIP-how-bsd-authentication-works/index.org
index 7e7607f..ba5a5f4 100644
--- a/content/posts/WIP-how-bsd-authentication-works/index.org
+++ b/content/posts/WIP-how-bsd-authentication-works/index.org
@@ -323,8 +323,8 @@
    @@html: </details> @@
 
    [[https://man.openbsd.org/auth_subr.3#auth_setdata~2][=auth_setdata=]] allocates and initializes a new =authdata= struct,
-   storing a copy of the data from =*ptr= and =len=. It then point the
-   =next= field on the last =authdata= struct in =*as= to its
+   storing a copy of the data from =ptr= and =len=. It then point the
+   =next= field on the last =authdata= struct in =as= to its
    location. It returns =0= on success.
 
 ** auth_setitem / auth_getitem
@@ -428,8 +428,8 @@
    [[https://man.openbsd.org/auth_subr.3#auth_setitem][=auth_setitem=]] is used to set one of several different fields of
    =as= to =value=. Depending on the value of =item=, it can be the
    =challenge=, =class=, =name=, =service=, =style=, or =interactive=
-   field. If =*value= is =NULL=, it clears that field. If =item= is
-   =AUTHV_ALL= and =*value= is =NULL=, all fields are cleared. It
+   field. If =value= is =NULL=, it clears that field. If =item= is
+   =AUTHV_ALL= and =value= is =NULL=, all fields are cleared. It
    returns =0= on success.
 
    #+CAPTION: Taken from [[https://man.openbsd.org/auth_subr.3#auth_getitem][=auth_subr(3)=]]
@@ -552,8 +552,8 @@
    @@html: </details> @@
 
    [[https://man.openbsd.org/auth_subr.3#auth_setoption][=auth_setoption=]] initializes a new =authopts= struct, and sets the
-   =*opt= field to a string formatted as =sprintf("%s=%s", n, v)=. It
-   then point the =*next= field on the last =authopts= struct in =*as=
+   =opt= field to a string formatted as =sprintf("%s=%s", n, v)=. It
+   then point the =next= field on the last =authopts= struct in =as=
    to its location. It returns =0= on success.
 
 ** auth_setstate / auth_getstate
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@
    #+end_src
    @@html: </details> @@
 
-   [[https://man.openbsd.org/auth_subr.3#auth_setstate][=auth_setstate=]] sets the =state= of =*as= to =s=.
+   [[https://man.openbsd.org/auth_subr.3#auth_setstate][=auth_setstate=]] sets the =state= of =as= to =s=.
 
    @@html: <details> <summary> @@
    #+begin_src c
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@
    #+end_src
    @@html: </details> @@
 
-   [[https://man.openbsd.org/auth_subr.3#auth_getstate][=auth_getstate=]] return the =state= of =*as=.
+   [[https://man.openbsd.org/auth_subr.3#auth_getstate][=auth_getstate=]] return the =state= of =as=.
 
 ** auth_setpwd / auth_getpwd
    :PROPERTIES:
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@
    #+end_src
    @@html: </details> @@
 
-   [[https://man.openbsd.org/auth_subr.3#auth_set_va_list][=auth_set_va_list=]] copies =ap= to the =ap= field in =*as=
+   [[https://man.openbsd.org/auth_subr.3#auth_set_va_list][=auth_set_va_list=]] copies =ap= to the =ap= field in =as=
 
 ** auth_clrenv
    :PROPERTIES:
@@ -1051,10 +1051,10 @@
   #+end_src
   @@html: </details> @@
 
-  [[https://man.openbsd.org/man3/authenticate.3#auth_usercheck][=auth_usercheck=]] first checks that =*name= is a valid username. This
+  [[https://man.openbsd.org/man3/authenticate.3#auth_usercheck][=auth_usercheck=]] first checks that =name= is a valid username. This
   means that it doesn't begin with a hyphen, had a non-zero length.
 
-  If =*style= is =NULL=, it checks if =*name= is in the =user:style=
+  If =style= is =NULL=, it checks if =name= is in the =user:style=
   format, and splits it accordingly.
 
   It then gets the user's password database entry through
@@ -1064,13 +1064,13 @@
   are stored in the [[https://man.openbsd.org/man5/login.conf.5][=login.conf(5)=]] database.
 
   That struct is then passed into [[https://man.openbsd.org/login_getclass#login_getstyle][=login_getstyle(3)=]], which also
-  received the =*style= and =*type=. If =*type= is =NULL=, it returns
-  the first available login style for that class. If =*style= is
+  received the =style= and =type=. If =type= is =NULL=, it returns
+  the first available login style for that class. If =style= is
   specified, it is returned if available, otherwise =NULL= is
   returned, which causes =auth_usercheck= to return =NULL= as well.
 
   It then creates a pointer =as= of type [[#auth_session_t][=auth_session_t=]], and handles
-  it differently based on whether =*password= is =NULL=.
+  it differently based on whether =password= is =NULL=.
 
   - If the password is a string, it creates a new session using
     [[#auth_open][=auth_open=]] and assigns it to =as=. It then sets the session
@@ -1083,10 +1083,10 @@
     auth_setdata(as, password, strlen(password) + 1);
     #+END_SRC
 
-  - If =*password= is =NULL=, it sets =as= to =NULL=.
+  - If =password= is =NULL=, it sets =as= to =NULL=.
 
-  It then passes the =auth_session_t= pointer (=as=), =*name=,
-  =*style=, login class (=lc->lc_class=), and a =NULL= char pointer to
+  It then passes the =auth_session_t= pointer (=as=), =name=,
+  =style=, login class (=lc->lc_class=), and a =NULL= char pointer to
   [[#auth_verify][=auth_verify=]]. Finally it returns the auth session pointer.
 
   #+begin_src c
@@ -1140,12 +1140,12 @@
 
   [[https://man.openbsd.org/man3/authenticate.3#auth_verify][=auth_verify=]] is used as a frontend for [[#auth_call][=auth_call=]].
 
-  It creates an auth session using =auth_open= if =*as= is =NULL=.
+  It creates an auth session using =auth_open= if =as= is =NULL=.
 
   The =state= of the session is set to =0=.
 
   It sets the =name= and =style= of the session, if the
-  =*style= and/or =*name= are non-=NULL=.
+  =style= and/or =name= are non-=NULL=.
 
   After that it constructs the path of the authentication module,
   placing it in the variable =path=. It is constructed by combining
@@ -1986,10 +1986,10 @@
   has a pointer to string, which is used to return the challenge to
   the calling function.
 
-  It first checks that =*name= is a valid username. This means that it
+  It first checks that =name= is a valid username. This means that it
   doesn't begin with a hyphen, had a non-zero length.
 
-  If =*style= is =NULL=, it checks if =*name= is in the =user:style=
+  If =style= is =NULL=, it checks if =name= is in the =user:style=
   format, and splits it accordingly.
 
   It then gets the user's password database entry through
@@ -1999,8 +1999,8 @@
   are stored in the [[https://man.openbsd.org/man5/login.conf.5][=login.conf(5)=]] database.
 
   That struct is then passed into [[https://man.openbsd.org/login_getclass#login_getstyle][=login_getstyle(3)=]], which also
-  received the =*style= and =*type=. If =*type= is =NULL=, it returns
-  the first available login style for that class. If =*style= is
+  received the =style= and =type=. If =type= is =NULL=, it returns
+  the first available login style for that class. If =style= is
   specified, it is returned if available, otherwise =NULL= is
   returned, which causes =auth_userchallenge= to return =NULL= as
   well.
@@ -2013,7 +2013,7 @@
   set using [[#auth_setitem][=auth_setitem=]].
 
   It then calls [[#auth_challenge][=auth_challenge=]] with =as= as the argument. The return
-  value from that call is used to set =*challengep=, and =as= is
+  value from that call is used to set =challengep=, and =as= is
   returned.
 
   #+begin_src c