[PATCH] bb_daemonize: add flag to double-fork and use in start-stop-daemon

Denys Vlasenko vda.linux at googlemail.com
Wed Nov 9 18:49:10 UTC 2011


On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 4:48 PM, Peter Korsgaard <jacmet at sunsite.dk> wrote:
> Add a DAEMON_DOUBLE_FORK flag to make bb_daemonize double-fork so it isn't a
> session leader, and hence doesn't get a controlling tty on Linux if a tty is
> ever opened, similar to how libdaemon's daemon_fork or the big
> start-stop-daemon does it - And use it in start-stop-daemon.
>
> For details, see http://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/linux/lk/lk-10.html#ss10.3
>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet at sunsite.dk>

Applied, thanks.
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vda


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