Index: xinit-1.3.1/xinit.c =================================================================== --- xinit-1.3.1.orig/xinit.c +++ xinit-1.3.1/xinit.c @@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ char xserverrcbuf[256]; #define TRUE 1 #define FALSE 0 +#define OK_EXIT 0 +#define ERR_EXIT 1 static char *default_server = "X"; static char *default_display = ":0"; /* choose most efficient */ @@ -561,6 +563,7 @@ startClient(char *client[]) { clientpid = fork(); if (clientpid == 0) { + int fd; set_environment(); setWindowPath(); @@ -568,7 +571,16 @@ startClient(char *client[]) Error("cannot change uid"); _exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } - setpgid(0, getpid()); + fd = open ("/dev/null", O_RDONLY); + + if (fd < 0) { + Error("cannot open /dev/null: %s\n", strerror(errno)); + _exit(ERR_EXIT); + } + close (STDIN_FILENO); + dup2 (fd, STDIN_FILENO); + close (fd); + setsid(); Execute(client); Error("Unable to run program \"%s\"", client[0]);