diff -Naur hddtemp-0.3-beta12/src/hddtemp.c hddtemp-new/src/hddtemp.c
--- hddtemp-0.3-beta12/src/hddtemp.c	2004-10-01 19:19:41.000000000 +0200
+++ hddtemp-new/src/hddtemp.c	2005-03-24 18:38:07.000000000 +0100
@@ -349,6 +349,8 @@
         close(i);
   }
 
+  setsid();
+  
   /* redirect signals */
   for(i = 0; i <= _NSIG; i++) {
     switch(i) {