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Diffstat (limited to 'login-utils')
| -rw-r--r-- | login-utils/su-common.c | 18 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/login-utils/su-common.c b/login-utils/su-common.c index e004e22cf..b153909c8 100644 --- a/login-utils/su-common.c +++ b/login-utils/su-common.c @@ -288,18 +288,22 @@ static void create_watching_parent(struct su_context *su) struct sigaction oldact[3]; int status = 0; - memset(oldact, 0, sizeof(oldact)); - - child = fork(); - if (child == (pid_t) - 1) { + switch ((int) (child = fork())) { + case -1: /* error */ supam_cleanup(su, PAM_ABORT); err(EXIT_FAILURE, _("cannot create child process")); - } + break; - /* the child proceeds to run the shell */ - if (child == 0) + case 0: /* child */ return; + default: /* parent */ + break; + } + + memset(oldact, 0, sizeof(oldact)); + + /* In the parent watch the child. */ /* su without pam support does not have a helper that keeps |