Bug 86550

Summary:	hddtemp needs to do setsid() when running in daemon mode
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Michal Januszewski (RETIRED) <spock>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Daniel Ahlberg (RETIRED) <aliz>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	A patch that adds the setsid() call.

Description Michal Januszewski (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-03-24 10:29:33 UTC

When run as a daemon, hddtemp needs to call setsid() to switch to a new session. Otherwise, when /sbin/init uses a tty other than /dev/tty, hddtemp will be killed at the end of the system boot-up. This can happen when CONSOLE=/dev/tty1 or similar is added to the kernel command line.

Comment 1 Michal Januszewski (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-03-24 10:30:19 UTC

Created attachment 54362 [details, diff]
A patch that adds the setsid() call.

Comment 2 Michal Januszewski (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-07-13 09:32:32 UTC

Fixed in 0.3_beta13.