Re: [PATCH v4 15/15] daemon: opt-out on features that require posix
From: Jonathan Nieder <hidden> Date: 2016-06-15 22:49:50
Erik Faye-Lund wrote:
I understand that it might be beneficial in the --detach code-path,
but how can stdint, stdout or stderr be closed in this code-path?
Maybe "git daemon >&- 2>&-"?
In some situations involving setuid programs, this kind of thing
can be a security problem (since fd 1 is not taken, the first open()
uses that fd, so output intended for stdout goes to that file).