Re: Reparenting processes?

[David Holland <dholland-tech%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Sat, Jan 09, 2021 at 08:33:27AM -0500, Mouse wrote:
 > Waking up this thread from about a month ago....
 >
 > [...]
 >
 > This makes me wonder if perhaps login sessions should have their
 > stdin/stdout/stderr set up on /dev/tty instead of the actual ctty
 > device.  But if that's done, will the `real' ctty device even be open?
 > I think /dev/tty doesn't keep an open on the underlying tty device, nor
 > can I see any easy way for it to do so, since /dev/tty itself doesn't
 > get a close call until no process in the whole system, not just no
 > process with that ctty, has a descriptor open on /dev/tty.
 > 
 > I'm not convinced there is a single right answer.  I'm writing to ask
 > if anyone here has any thoughts to share on these issues.

Interesting. Need to think about that...

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David A. Holland
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