[PATCH]: Patch to fix hang on exit bug under Linux and add optional exit delay

Peter W peterw at usa.net
Fri Nov 16 00:55:07 EST 2001


On Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 11:32:22AM +0100, Gert Doering wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 11:14:24AM +0100, Markus Friedl wrote:

> > allow data loss in the server if a pty is allocated. i think
> > this would match the telnetd and rlogind behaviour best.
> 
> I would accept this, and prefer it to "I have run something in the
> background that I know will not create output but fails to close
> stdin/stdout/stderr and now I can't log out cleanly".

And the problem with simply killing the ssh client application is?

I think there's a significant amount of disagrement on this issue,
to say the least. With the core argument distilling to a question of
Integrity vs Convenience, I've got a hard time siding with Convenience.
SSH is not telnet, and I wouldn't like to see it twisted in a way
that is (clearly!) arguablya step backwards for Convenience sake.

-Peter



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