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Re: Calling RegisterServiceProcess from setsid ?
On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 07:46:46PM -0400, Pierre A. Humblet wrote:
> I think I have figured out most of what's happening in what
> I reported on Wednesday.
> <http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-developers/2003-06/msg00037.html>
>
> The outcomes depend on the way the program is written because
> of a Cygwin feature (don't know if design or accident).
>
> -exim closes 0/1/2 then setsids
> -sshd setsids then closes 0/1/2 (actually sets them to /dev/null)
> -inetd sets 0 to /dev/null, setsids, then closes 0/1/2
> -cron setsids but doesn't close anything (that's why
> Ronald Landheer-Cieslak is reporting problem on the list)
I've send a mail to the cygwin list about that yesterday:
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-06/msg00369.html
Corinna
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