[Bug 273] sshd hangs on shell exit if user spawned child with /bin/nohup

[Nicolas.Williams at ubsw.com]

> People expect ssh to be an rsh replacement,
> and rsh doesn't require a double fork
> to avoid the hang-on-exit.

This thing comes up over and over again. And the same
back-and-forth arguments take place.

SSH is more than a secure RSH. It truly is. You can't have it
be two conflicting things at the same time.

Read the archives.

I believe people can learn. I really do.

[NOTE: I'm not an OpenSSH developer nor do I speak for them.]

Cheers,

Nico
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