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authorDenys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>2010-07-16 17:16:40 +0200
committerDenys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>2010-07-16 17:16:40 +0200
commit51ca7761a3579f3c3f7e771b39019e6e248a5171 (patch)
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downloadbusybox-51ca7761a3579f3c3f7e771b39019e6e248a5171.tar.gz
cttyhack: move build system bits into cttyhack.c, no code changes
Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
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*/
#include "libbb.h"
+//applet:IF_CTTYHACK(APPLET(cttyhack, _BB_DIR_BIN, _BB_SUID_DROP))
+
+//kbuild:lib-$(CONFIG_CTTYHACK) += cttyhack.o
+
+//config:config CTTYHACK
+//config: bool "cttyhack"
+//config: default y
+//config: help
+//config: One common problem reported on the mailing list is "can't access tty;
+//config: job control turned off" error message which typically appears when
+//config: one tries to use shell with stdin/stdout opened to /dev/console.
+//config: This device is special - it cannot be a controlling tty.
+//config:
+//config: Proper solution is to use correct device instead of /dev/console.
+//config:
+//config: cttyhack provides "quick and dirty" solution to this problem.
+//config: It analyzes stdin with various ioctls, trying to determine whether
+//config: it is a /dev/ttyN or /dev/ttySN (virtual terminal or serial line).
+//config: If it detects one, it closes stdin/out/err and reopens that device.
+//config: Then it executes given program. Opening the device will make
+//config: that device a controlling tty. This may require cttyhack
+//config: to be a session leader.
+//config:
+//config: Example for /etc/inittab (for busybox init):
+//config:
+//config: ::respawn:/bin/cttyhack /bin/sh
+//config:
+//config: Starting an interactive shell from boot shell script:
+//config:
+//config: setsid cttyhack sh
+//config:
+//config: Giving controlling tty to shell running with PID 1:
+//config:
+//config: # exec cttyhack sh
+//config:
+//config: Without cttyhack, you need to know exact tty name,
+//config: and do something like this:
+//config:
+//config: # exec setsid sh -c 'exec sh </dev/tty1 >/dev/tty1 2>&1'
+//config:
+
+//usage:#define cttyhack_trivial_usage
+//usage: "PROG ARGS"
+//usage:#define cttyhack_full_usage "\n\n"
+//usage: "Give PROG a controlling tty if possible."
+//usage: "\nExample for /etc/inittab (for busybox init):"
+//usage: "\n ::respawn:/bin/cttyhack /bin/sh"
+//usage: "\nGiving controlling tty to shell running with PID 1:"
+//usage: "\n $ exec cttyhack sh"
+//usage: "\nStarting interactive shell from boot shell script:"
+//usage: "\n setsid cttyhack sh"
+
/* From <linux/vt.h> */
struct vt_stat {
unsigned short v_active; /* active vt */