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From: pjm@veenet.value.net (Patrick Miller)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc
Subject: Child processes not dying when parent dies from a SIGHUP.
Date: 28 Aug 1995 08:52:08 -0700
Organization: Value Net Internetwork Services
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Message-ID: <41son8$mav@veenet.value.net>
NNTP-Posting-Host: veenet.value.net
Keywords: SIGHUP processes
I am using FreeBSD 2.0.5 Release and BSD/OS 2.0. When a user disconnects
by dropping there connection the parent dies but the children remain, some
in fast loops ( tin is a good example ).
I know this went around once before but I never heard if a solution was
found.
Thanks
Patrick Miller