Re: [PATCH v4 15/15] daemon: opt-out on features that require posix

From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date: Oct 21, 2010, 20:39 UTC
Message-ID: <20101021203926.GB12685@burratino>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikJXaqDH6vJzPna7txssMO67SxmVy_Nvu2SW46W@mail.gmail.com>

Erik Faye-Lund wrote:

> I understand that it might be beneficial in the --detach code-path,
> but how can stdint, stdout or stderr be closed in this code-path?

Maybe "git daemon >&- 2>&-"?

In some situations involving setuid programs, this kind of thing can be a security problem (since fd 1 is not taken, the first open() uses that fd, so output intended for stdout goes to that file).

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