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Date:      Sat, 5 Apr 1997 17:00:16 +0400 (MSD)
From:      Dmitrij Tejblum <dima@tejblum.dnttm.rssi.ru>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject:   bin/3202: shutdown(8) don't work if started from an X Window Manager menu
Message-ID:  <199704051300.RAA01324@tejblum.dnttm.rssi.ru>
Resent-Message-ID: <199704051300.FAA06275@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         3202
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       shutdown(8) don't work if started from an X Window Manager menu
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Apr  5 05:00:02 PST 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Dmitrij Tejblum
>Organization:
>Release:        FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386
>Environment:

I tried to start 'shutdown -h now' from my X Window Manager menu.

>Description:

reboot(8) thinks that it started from an interactive shell, and ignore
only SIGHUP.

It seems that somebody, (xdm ?), when die, kills reboot(8) with some other
signal. 

>How-To-Repeat:


>Fix:
	
May be this is not the best way, but it is simple.

*** src/sbin/reboot/reboot.c.orig	Sat Apr  5 16:23:20 1997
--- src/sbin/reboot/reboot.c	Sat Apr  5 16:36:56 1997
***************
*** 130,137 ****
  	if (kill(1, SIGTSTP) == -1)
  		err("SIGTSTP init: %s", strerror(errno));
  
! 	/* Ignore the SIGHUP we get when our parent shell dies. */
! 	(void)signal(SIGHUP, SIG_IGN);
  
  	/* Send a SIGTERM first, a chance to save the buffers. */
  	if (kill(-1, SIGTERM) == -1)
--- 130,137 ----
  	if (kill(1, SIGTSTP) == -1)
  		err("SIGTSTP init: %s", strerror(errno));
  
! 	/* Avoid receiving signals from parent shell or other group leader */
! 	daemon(0,1);
  
  	/* Send a SIGTERM first, a chance to save the buffers. */
  	if (kill(-1, SIGTERM) == -1)

>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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