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.
18 static char sccsid
[] = "@(#) shell_cmd.c 1.5 94/12/28 17:42:44";
20 /* System libraries. */
22 #include <sys/types.h>
23 #include <sys/param.h>
39 /* Forward declarations. */
41 static void do_child();
43 /* shell_cmd - execute shell command */
45 void shell_cmd(command
)
52 * Most of the work is done within the child process, to minimize the
53 * risk of damage to the parent.
56 switch (child_pid
= fork()) {
58 tcpd_warn("cannot fork: %m");
64 while ((wait_pid
= wait((int *) 0)) != -1 && wait_pid
!= child_pid
)
69 /* do_child - exec command with { stdin, stdout, stderr } to /dev/null */
71 static void do_child(command
)
78 * Systems with POSIX sessions may send a SIGHUP to grandchildren if the
79 * child exits first. This is sick, sessions were invented for terminals.
82 signal(SIGHUP
, SIG_IGN
);
84 /* Set up new stdin, stdout, stderr, and exec the shell command. */
86 for (tmp_fd
= 0; tmp_fd
< 3; tmp_fd
++)
88 if (open("/dev/null", O_RDWR
) != 0) {
89 error
= "open /dev/null: %m";
90 } else if (dup(0) != 1 || dup(0) != 2) {
93 (void) execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", command
, (char *) 0);
94 error
= "execl /bin/sh: %m";
97 /* Something went wrong. We MUST terminate the child process. */