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Bug 399500 - Daemon doesn't chdir to /
Daemon doesn't chdir to /
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: esound
Classification: Deprecated
Component: general
0.2.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
: ---
Assigned To: Esound Maintainers
Esound Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2007-01-22 19:06 UTC by Josselin Mouette
Modified: 2007-04-29 00:05 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.15/2.16

Attachments
one-liner patch from SLED to fix this (220 bytes, patch)
2007-04-28 23:07 UTC, Dan Winship 		none Details | Review

Description Josselin Mouette 2007-01-22 19:06:43 UTC 
A good practice for daemons is to chdir() to the root directory at the beginning. Currently, we use a patch in gnome-session to do the chdir before spawning it, but it shouldn't be necessary.
Comment 1 Dan Winship 2007-04-28 23:07:08 UTC 
Created attachment 87207 [details] [review]
one-liner patch from SLED to fix this
Comment 2 David Schleef 2007-04-29 00:05:49 UTC 
Applied, thanks.