use-daemon-in-bosserver-and-afsd-20050424

[openafs.git] / src / afsd / afsd.c

diff --git a/src/afsd/afsd.c b/src/afsd/afsd.c
index 44d4f21..13e91f0 100644 (file)
--- a/src/afsd/afsd.c
+++ b/src/afsd/afsd.c
@@ -1761,6 +1761,14 @@ mainproc(as, arock)
            printf("%s: Forking AFSDB lookup handler.\n", rn);
        code = fork();
        if (code == 0) {
+           /* Since the AFSDB lookup handler runs as a user process, 
+            * need to drop the controlling TTY, etc.
+            */
+           if (daemon(0, 0) == -1) {
+               printf("Error starting AFSDB lookup handler: %s\n",
+                       strerror(errno));
+               exit(1);
+           }
            AfsdbLookupHandler();
            exit(1);
        }