Re: [tlug] Apache running as root?

[Viktor Pavlenko <vvp@example.com>]

>>>>> "TM" == Tod McQuillin <devin@example.com> writes:

    TM> No.  The parent can exit without killing its children.

... because they are inherited by init which will then wait for them
as every normal UNIX parent would.

    TM> #include <unistd.h>
    TM> #include <stdio.h>

    TM> int main()
    TM> {
    TM>   int i;

    TM>   switch (fork()) {
    TM>   case 0:			/* child */
    TM>     for (i = 1; i <= 5; ++i) {
    TM>       sleep(1);
    TM>       printf("child alive for %d seconds\n", i);

printf("child alive for %d seconds, parent pid = %d\n", i, getppid());

    TM>     }
    TM>     return 0;
    TM>   case -1:			/* error */
    TM>     perror("fork");
    TM>     return 1;
    TM>   default:			/* parent */
    TM>     printf("parent exiting\n");
    TM>     return 0;
    TM>   }
    TM> }

regards
Viktor