Re: [Patch] Create a new session in postmaster by calling setsid()

>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes:

 >> The tricky part about doing setsid() is this: you're not allowed to
 >> do it if you're already a process group leader. silent_mode worked
 >> by having postmaster do another fork, exit in the parent, and do
 >> setsid() in the child.

 Tom> Hmph.  Can't we just ignore that error?

If you ignore the error from setsid(), then you're still a process group
leader (as you would be after running setsid()), but you're still
attached to whatever controlling terminal (if any) you were previously
attached to.

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Andrew (irc:RhodiumToad)