2 * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
3 * Use is subject to license terms.
6 #pragma ident "%Z%%M% %I% %E% SMI"
9 * shell_cmd() takes a shell command after %<character> substitutions. The
10 * command is executed by a /bin/sh child process, with standard input,
11 * standard output and standard error connected to /dev/null.
13 * Diagnostics are reported through syslog(3).
15 * Author: Wietse Venema, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands.
19 static char sccsid
[] = "@(#) shell_cmd.c 1.5 94/12/28 17:42:44";
22 /* System libraries. */
24 #include <sys/types.h>
25 #include <sys/param.h>
41 /* Forward declarations. */
43 static void do_child();
45 /* shell_cmd - execute shell command */
47 void shell_cmd(command
)
54 * Most of the work is done within the child process, to minimize the
55 * risk of damage to the parent.
58 switch (child_pid
= fork()) {
60 tcpd_warn("cannot fork: %m");
66 while ((wait_pid
= wait((int *) 0)) != -1 && wait_pid
!= child_pid
)
71 /* do_child - exec command with { stdin, stdout, stderr } to /dev/null */
73 static void do_child(command
)
80 * Systems with POSIX sessions may send a SIGHUP to grandchildren if the
81 * child exits first. This is sick, sessions were invented for terminals.
84 signal(SIGHUP
, SIG_IGN
);
86 /* Set up new stdin, stdout, stderr, and exec the shell command. */
88 for (tmp_fd
= 0; tmp_fd
< 3; tmp_fd
++)
90 if (open("/dev/null", 2) != 0) {
91 error
= "open /dev/null: %m";
92 } else if (dup(0) != 1 || dup(0) != 2) {
95 (void) execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", command
, (char *) 0);
96 error
= "execl /bin/sh: %m";
99 /* Something went wrong. We MUST terminate the child process. */