3 files changed, 105 insertions, 25 deletions

diff --git a/src/common/util.c b/src/common/util.c
index 4d9a44953..98b16a59b 100644
--- a/src/common/util.c
+++ b/src/common/util.c
@@ -696,31 +696,97 @@ get_uname(void)
   return uname_result;
 }
 
-void daemonize(void) {
-#ifdef HAVE_DAEMON
-  if (daemon(0 /* chdir to / */,
-             0 /* Redirect std* to /dev/null */)) {
-    log_fn(LOG_ERR, "Daemon returned an error: %s", strerror(errno));
+#ifndef MS_WINDOWS
+/* Based on code contributed by christian grothoff */
+static int start_daemon_called = 0;
+static int finish_daemon_called = 0;
+static int daemon_filedes[2];
+void start_daemon(void)
+{
+  pid_t pid;
+
+  if (start_daemon_called)
+    return;
+  start_daemon_called = 1;
+
+   /* Don't hold the wrong FS mounted */
+  if (chdir("/") < 0) {
+    perror("chdir");
     exit(1);
   }
-#elif ! defined(MS_WINDOWS)
-  /* Fork; parent exits. */
-  if (fork())
-    exit(0);
 
-  /* Create new session; make sure we never get a terminal */
-  setsid();
-  if (fork())
-    exit(0);
+  pipe(daemon_filedes);
+  pid = fork();
+  if (pid < 0) {
+    perror("fork");
+    exit(1);
+  }
+  if (pid) {  /* Parent */
+    int ok;
+    char c;
 
-  chdir("/");
-  umask(000);
+    close(daemon_filedes[1]); /* we only read */
+    ok = -1;
+    while (0 < read(daemon_filedes[0], &c, sizeof(char))) {
+      if (c == '.')
+        ok = 1;
+    }
+    fflush(stdout);
+    if (ok == 1)
+      exit(0);
+    else
+      exit(1); /* child reported error */
+  } else { /* Child */
+    close(daemon_filedes[0]); /* we only write */
+
+    pid = setsid(); /* Detach from controlling terminal */
+    /*
+     * Fork one more time, so the parent (the session group leader) can exit. 
+     * This means that we, as a non-session group leader, can never regain a
+     * controlling terminal.   This part is recommended by Stevens's
+     * _Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment_.
+     */     
+    if (fork() != 0) {
+      exit(0);
+    }
+    return;
+  }
+}
 
-  fclose(stdin);
-  fclose(stdout);
-  fclose(stderr);
-#endif
+void finish_daemon(void)
+{
+  int nullfd;
+  char c = '.';
+  if (finish_daemon_called)
+    return;
+  if (!start_daemon_called)
+    start_daemon();
+  finish_daemon_called = 1;
+
+  nullfd = open("/dev/null",
+		O_CREAT | O_RDWR | O_APPEND);
+  if (nullfd < 0) {
+    perror("/dev/null");
+    exit(1);
+  }
+  /* close fds linking to invoking terminal, but
+   * close usual incoming fds, but redirect them somewhere
+   * useful so the fds don't get reallocated elsewhere.
+   */
+  if (dup2(nullfd,0) < 0 ||
+      dup2(nullfd,1) < 0 ||
+      dup2(nullfd,2) < 0) {
+    perror("dup2"); /* Should never happen... */
+    exit(1);
+  }
+  write(daemon_filedes[1], &c, sizeof(char)); /* signal success */
+  close(daemon_filedes[1]);
 }
+#else
+/* defined(MS_WINDOWS) */
+void start_daemon(void) {}
+void finish_daemon(void) {}
+#endif
 
 void write_pidfile(char *filename) {
 #ifndef MS_WINDOWS
diff --git a/src/common/util.h b/src/common/util.h
index acb8ab82a..fd300fa80 100644
--- a/src/common/util.h
+++ b/src/common/util.h
@@ -86,7 +86,19 @@ int tor_socketpair(int family, int type, int protocol, int fd[2]);
 
 const char *get_uname(void);
 
-void daemonize(void);
+/* Start putting the process into daemon mode: fork and drop all resources
+ * except standard fds.  The parent process never returns, but stays around
+ * until finish_daemon is called.  (Note: it's safe to call this more
+ * than once: calls after the first are ignored.)
+ */
+void start_daemon(void);
+/* Finish putting the process into daemon mode: drop standard fds, and tell
+ * the parent process to exit.  (Note: it's safe to call this more than once:
+ * calls after the first are ignored.  Calls start_daemon first if it hasn't
+ * been called already.)
+ */
+void finish_daemon(void);
+
 void write_pidfile(char *filename);
 int switch_id(char *user, char *group);
 
diff --git a/src/or/main.c b/src/or/main.c
index 99671f8d3..5b4c6a647 100644
--- a/src/or/main.c
+++ b/src/or/main.c
@@ -396,8 +396,6 @@ static int prepare_for_poll(void) {
 }
 
 static int init_from_config(int argc, char **argv) {
-  static int have_daemonized=0;
-
   if(getconfig(argc,argv,&options)) {
     log_fn(LOG_ERR,"Reading config failed. For usage, try -h.");
     return -1;
@@ -424,9 +422,9 @@ static int init_from_config(int argc, char **argv) {
     }
   }
 
-  if(options.RunAsDaemon && !have_daemonized) {
-    daemonize();
-    have_daemonized = 1;
+  if(options.RunAsDaemon) {
+    /* XXXX Can we delay this any more? */
+    finish_daemon();
   }
 
   /* write our pid to the pid file, if we do not have write permissions we will log a warning */
@@ -633,6 +631,10 @@ int tor_main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   if (init_from_config(argc,argv) < 0)
     return -1;
 
+  if (options.RunAsDaemon) {
+    start_daemon();
+  }
+
   if(options.ORPort) { /* only spawn dns handlers if we're a router */
     dns_init(); /* initialize the dns resolve tree, and spawn workers */
   }