justin@reed.bitnet (the heat of fusion) (03/08/90)
We are running 4.3bsd on a VAX 11/785. The problem is this:
(We have rlogged in)
If, when the login shell dies, there are ANY processes running in the back-
ground, rlogind hangs. Here's a sample output of "ps wwl" on the rlogind:
F UID PID PPID CP PRI NI ADDR SZ RSS WCHAN STAT TT TIME COMMAND
1008001 0 19674 253 31 4 0 4338 30 23 pt_tty I pa 0:06 rlogind
The fact that it hangs even if the backgrounded process closes both stdin and
stdout leads me to believe that protocol() is not responsible. The most likely
candidate seems to be the call to vhangup() [manual section 2] in cleanup().
Strange thing is, i don't think this problem has occurred before. Unless we've
replaced the kernel lately, previous calls to vhangup() should have effected
the same condition.
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JUSTIN@REED.BITNET (or) [tektronix,ogicse]!reed!justin
Member HASA, UFOC (United Friends Of Carasso), Church of the SubGenius (in
BOB we trust), ROCOCO, the Illuminati and any other absurdities i can get my
grubby paws on (suggestions appreciated)