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+/* 
+   Unix SMB/CIFS implementation.
+   Samba utility functions
+   Copyright (C) Andrew Tridgell 1992-1998
+   Copyright (C) Jeremy Allison 2001-2002
+   Copyright (C) Simo Sorce 2001
+   Copyright (C) Jim McDonough (jmcd@us.ibm.com)  2003.
+   Copyright (C) James J Myers 2003
+   
+   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 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include "util/util.h"
+
+
+/*******************************************************************
+ Close the low 3 fd's and open dev/null in their place.
+********************************************************************/
+static void close_low_fds(bool stderr_too)
+{
+#ifndef VALGRIND
+	int fd;
+	int i;
+
+	close(0);
+	close(1); 
+
+	if (stderr_too)
+		close(2);
+
+	/* try and use up these file descriptors, so silly
+		library routines writing to stdout etc won't cause havoc */
+	for (i=0;i<3;i++) {
+		if (i == 2 && !stderr_too)
+			continue;
+
+		fd = open("/dev/null",O_RDWR,0);
+		if (fd < 0)
+			fd = open("/dev/null",O_WRONLY,0);
+		if (fd < 0) {
+			DEBUG(0,("Can't open /dev/null\n"));
+			return;
+		}
+		if (fd != i) {
+			DEBUG(0,("Didn't get file descriptor %d\n",i));
+			return;
+		}
+	}
+#endif
+}
+
+/**
+ Become a daemon, discarding the controlling terminal.
+**/
+
+void become_daemon(bool Fork)
+{
+	if (Fork) {
+		if (fork()) {
+			_exit(0);
+		}
+	}
+
+  /* detach from the terminal */
+#ifdef HAVE_SETSID
+	setsid();
+#elif defined(TIOCNOTTY)
+	{
+		int i = open("/dev/tty", O_RDWR, 0);
+		if (i != -1) {
+			ioctl(i, (int) TIOCNOTTY, (char *)0);      
+			close(i);
+		}
+	}
+#endif /* HAVE_SETSID */
+
+	/* Close fd's 0,1,2. Needed if started by rsh */
+	close_low_fds(false);  /* Don't close stderr, let the debug system
+				  attach it to the logfile */
+}
+