pullreqd.c


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#include <signal.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <syslog.h>
#include <unistd.h>

pid_t fork_proc() {
	/* Fork off the parent. */
	pid_t pid = fork();

	/* The process id is non zero, so it must be the parent process. */
	if (pid) {
		/* Exit with EXIT_FAILURE if the parent's pid is
		 * negative, otherwise exit with EXIT_SUCCESS.
		 */
		exit((pid < 0) ? EXIT_FAILURE : EXIT_SUCCESS);
	}
	return pid;
}

void child_handler(int sig_num) {
	signal(SIGCHLD, child_handler);
}

void hangup_handler(int sig_num) {
	signal(SIGHUP, hangup_handler);
}

void init_daemon(int change_dir, char *path) {
	/* Fork the parent. */
	pid_t pid = fork_proc();

	/* Exit if the child process isn't the session leader. */
	if (setsid() < 0) {
		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
	}

	/* Catch, ignore, and/or handle signals. */
	signal(SIGCHLD, child_handler);
	signal(SIGHUP, hangup_handler);

	/* Fork again. */
	pid = fork_proc();

	/* Set new file permissions. */
	umask(0);

	/* If change_dir is true, change the working directory to path, or
	 * the root directory if path isn't set.
	 */
	if (change_dir) {
		chdir((!path) ? "/" : path);
	}

	/* Close any open file descriptors. */
	for (int i = sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX); i >= 0; close(i--));

	/* Open the logfile. */
	openlog("pullreqd", LOG_PID, LOG_DAEMON);
}

int main(int argc, char **argv) {
	init_daemon(1, "/");
	syslog(LOG_NOTICE, "pullreqd started.");
	for (;;) {
		break;
	}
	syslog(LOG_NOTICE, "pullreqd stopped.");

	closelog();

	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}