Signed-off-by: Matthias Lederhofer <matled@xxxxxxx> --- daemon.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/daemon.c b/daemon.c index 4b85930..9f4bc20 100644 --- a/daemon.c +++ b/daemon.c @@ -662,6 +662,27 @@ static int service_loop(int socknum, int } } +static void daemonize(void) +{ + int devnull = -1; + switch (fork()) { + case 0: + break; + case -1: + die("fork failed: %s", strerror(errno)); + default: + exit(0); + } + if (setsid() == -1) + die("setsid failed: %s", strerror(errno)); + if ((devnull = open("/dev/null", O_RDWR, 0)) == -1) + die("open /dev/null failed: %s", strerror(errno)); + if (dup2(devnull, 0) != 0 || + dup2(devnull, 1) != 1 || + dup2(devnull, 2) != 2) + die("dup2 failed: %s", strerror(errno)); +} + /* if any standard file descriptor is missing open it to /dev/null */ static void sanitize_stdfds(void) { @@ -705,6 +726,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) int port = DEFAULT_GIT_PORT; int inetd_mode = 0; const char *pid_file = NULL; + int detach = 0; int i; /* Without this we cannot rely on waitpid() to tell @@ -773,6 +795,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) pid_file = arg + 11; continue; } + if (!strcmp(arg, "--detach")) { + detach = 1; + log_syslog = 1; + continue; + } if (!strcmp(arg, "--")) { ok_paths = &argv[i+1]; break; @@ -805,7 +832,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) return execute(peer); } - sanitize_stdfds(); + if (detach) + daemonize(); + else + sanitize_stdfds(); if (pid_file) store_pid(pid_file); -- 1.4.1.gb16f - : send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html