get to know screen. otherwise you need to fork twice to be like a daemon process, you still have a controlling tty
----- Original Message ----- From: "Hugo van der Merwe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 3:00 AM Subject: ssh session doesn't terminate until programs are closed > Hello, > > I was wondering about an ssh session not closing until all the programs > started in it are closed. How can I change this behaviour? Or maybe > better, how can I modify my program to not be one of the programs it > waits for? (Currently I fork() once and only the child branch continues. > This does look like it backgrounds the program fine...) > > Thanks, > Hugo van der Merwe > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >