/* * This file is part of DisOrder. * Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008 Richard Kettlewell * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program. If not, see . */ /** @file server/daemonize.c * @brief Go into background */ #include "disorder-server.h" /** @brief Go into background * @param tag Message tag, or NULL * @param fac Logging facility * @param pidfile Where to store PID, or NULL * * Become a daemon. stdout/stderr are lost and DisOrder's logging is * redirected to syslog. It is assumed that there are no FDs beyond 2 * that need closing. */ void daemonize(const char *tag, int fac, const char *pidfile) { pid_t pid, r; int w, dn; FILE *fp; D(("daemonize tag=%s fac=%d pidfile=%s", tag ? tag : "NULL", fac, pidfile ? pidfile : "NULL")); /* make sure that FDs 0, 1, 2 all at least exist (and get a * /dev/null) */ do { if((dn = open("/dev/null", O_RDWR, 0)) < 0) disorder_fatal(errno, "error opening /dev/null"); } while(dn < 3); pid = xfork(); if(pid) { /* Parent process. Wait for the first child to finish, then * return to the caller. */ exitfn = _exit; while((r = waitpid(pid, &w, 0)) == -1 && errno == EINTR) ; if(r < 0) disorder_fatal(errno, "error calling waitpid"); if(w) disorder_error(0, "subprocess exited with wait status %#x", (unsigned)w); _exit(0); } /* First child process. This will be the session leader, and will * be transient. */ D(("first child pid=%lu", (unsigned long)getpid())); if(setsid() < 0) disorder_fatal(errno, "error calling setsid"); /* we'll log to syslog */ openlog(tag, LOG_PID, fac); log_default = &log_syslog; /* stdin/out/err we lose */ xdup2(dn, 0); xdup2(dn, 1); xdup2(dn, 2); xclose(dn); pid = xfork(); if(pid) _exit(0); /* second child. Write a pidfile if someone wanted it. */ D(("second child pid=%lu", (unsigned long)getpid())); if(pidfile) { if(!(fp = fopen(pidfile, "w")) || fprintf(fp, "%lu\n", (unsigned long)getpid()) < 0 || fclose(fp) < 0) disorder_fatal(errno, "error creating %s", pidfile); } } /* Local Variables: c-basic-offset:2 comment-column:40 End: */