#include <unistd.h> #include <syslog.h> #include <fcntl.h> #include <signal.h> #define MAXFD 64 extern int daemon_proc; /* defined in error.c */ int daemon_init(const char *pname, int facility) { int i; pid_t pid; if ( (pid = fork()) < 0) return (-1); else if (pid) _exit(0); /* parent terminates */ /* child 1 continues... */ if (setsid() < 0) /* become session leader */ return (-1); signal(SIGHUP, SIG_IGN); if ( (pid = fork()) < 0) return (-1); else if (pid) _exit(0); /* child 1 terminates */ /* child 2 continues... */ daemon_proc = 1; /* for err_XXX() functions */ chdir("/"); /* change working directory */ /* close off file descriptors */ for (i = 0; i < MAXFD; i++) close(i); /* redirect stdin, stdout, and stderr to /dev/null */ open("/dev/null", O_RDONLY); open("/dev/null", O_RDWR); open("/dev/null", O_RDWR); openlog(pname, LOG_PID, facility); return (0); /* success */ }