xref: /dragonfly/lib/libc/gen/daemon.c (revision abf903a5)
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29  * @(#)daemon.c	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
30  * $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/gen/daemon.c,v 1.8 2007/01/09 00:27:53 imp Exp $
31  * $DragonFly: src/lib/libc/gen/daemon.c,v 1.4 2005/04/26 15:57:39 joerg Exp $
32  */
33 
34 #include "namespace.h"
35 #include <errno.h>
36 #include <fcntl.h>
37 #include <paths.h>
38 #include <stdlib.h>
39 #include <signal.h>
40 #include <unistd.h>
41 #include "un-namespace.h"
42 
43 int
44 daemon(int nochdir, int noclose)
45 {
46 	struct sigaction osa, sa;
47 	int fd;
48 	pid_t newgrp;
49 	int oerrno;
50 	int osa_ok;
51 
52 	/* A SIGHUP may be thrown when the parent exits below. */
53 	sigemptyset(&sa.sa_mask);
54 	sa.sa_handler = SIG_IGN;
55 	sa.sa_flags = 0;
56 	osa_ok = _sigaction(SIGHUP, &sa, &osa);
57 
58 	switch (fork()) {
59 	case -1:
60 		return (-1);
61 	case 0:
62 		break;
63 	default:
64 		_exit(0);
65 	}
66 
67 	newgrp = setsid();
68 	oerrno = errno;
69 	if (osa_ok != -1)
70 		_sigaction(SIGHUP, &osa, NULL);
71 
72 	if (newgrp == -1) {
73 		errno = oerrno;
74 		return (-1);
75 	}
76 
77 	if (!nochdir)
78 		chdir("/");
79 
80 	if (!noclose && (fd = _open(_PATH_DEVNULL, O_RDWR, 0)) != -1) {
81 		_dup2(fd, STDIN_FILENO);
82 		_dup2(fd, STDOUT_FILENO);
83 		_dup2(fd, STDERR_FILENO);
84 		if (fd > 2)
85 			_close(fd);
86 	}
87 	return (0);
88 }
89