2 * shell_cmd() takes a shell command after %<character> substitutions. The
3 * command is executed by a /bin/sh child process, with standard input,
4 * standard output and standard error connected to /dev/null.
6 * Diagnostics are reported through syslog(3).
8 * Author: Wietse Venema, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands.
12 static char sccsid
[] = "@(#) shell_cmd.c 1.5 94/12/28 17:42:44";
15 /* System libraries. */
17 #include <sys/types.h>
18 #include <sys/param.h>
30 /* Forward declarations. */
32 static void do_child();
34 /* shell_cmd - execute shell command */
36 void shell_cmd(command
)
43 * Most of the work is done within the child process, to minimize the
44 * risk of damage to the parent.
47 switch (child_pid
= fork()) {
49 tcpd_warn("cannot fork: %m");
55 while ((wait_pid
= wait((int *) 0)) != -1 && wait_pid
!= child_pid
)
60 /* do_child - exec command with { stdin, stdout, stderr } to /dev/null */
62 static void do_child(command
)
69 * Systems with POSIX sessions may send a SIGHUP to grandchildren if the
70 * child exits first. This is sick, sessions were invented for terminals.
73 signal(SIGHUP
, SIG_IGN
);
75 /* Set up new stdin, stdout, stderr, and exec the shell command. */
77 for (tmp_fd
= 0; tmp_fd
< 3; tmp_fd
++)
79 if (open("/dev/null", 2) != 0) {
80 error
= "open /dev/null: %m";
81 } else if (dup(0) != 1 || dup(0) != 2) {
84 (void) execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", command
, (char *) 0);
85 error
= "execl /bin/sh: %m";
88 /* Something went wrong. We MUST terminate the child process. */