Original Posting:
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Subject: Re: csh problem, background process writing to pty after signing off
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>Hi Sun-Managers,
>
>I have a Sun csh problem that I hope there is a fix for,
>any help is greatly appreciated.
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>Our Sun 630MP is running SunOS 4.1.2. A /bin/csh user starts a
>job that produces output, then puts it in background, then logs out.
>The next user to sign on who gets that same pty will immediately
>start receiving the output from the other user (the process that
>did not terminate).
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>It does not matter what process is producing the output.
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>What can I do about this?
The Answer:
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Install patch 100513-02 (tty jumbo patch).
It was available at the princeton.edu ftp site.
Many suggestions were to use nohup or to direct the output to a file
(or /dev/null), but users will not always do this. When the user signs
off, any processes they were running in background that were not started
with nohup should be terminated. But this was not happening.
Many thanks to all those who responded:
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From: fischer@zoyd.prl.ufl.edu (G R Fischer)
From: Casper Dik <casper@fwi.uva.nl>
From: Peter.Samuel@nms.otc.com.au (Peter Samuel)
From: "Theodore S. Kapela" <kapela@prism.poly.edu>
From: bobk@push-cart.pwcm.com (Bob Kryger)
From: cameron@cs.adelaide.edu.au (Cameron Humphries)
From: blymn@mulga.awadi.com.AU (Brett Lymn)
From: Steve_Cobrin.SBD-E@rx.xerox.com
From: mills@CC.UManitoba.CA
From: Pauline van Winsen - Uniq Professional Services <pauline@uniq.com.au>
From: Dan Stromberg - OAC-DCS <strombrg@hydra.acs.uci.edu>
From: anderson@neon.mitre.org (Mark S. Anderson)
From: rae@nvg_cms.nvg.com (James Rae)
From: mharris@fsg.com (Michael Harris)
From: hkatz@nucmed.NYU.EDU (Henry Katz)
From: Mr T Crummey (DIJ) <tom@sees.bangor.ac.uk>
From: per@erix.ericsson.se (Per Hedeland)
From: glenn@uniq.com.au (Glenn Satchell - Uniq Professional Services)
From: mikef@ttsi.tandem.com (Mike Fox)
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