1 files changed, 15 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 89128b4..62b9877 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  *  Copyright (c) 2002-2003 Erik Fears
- *  Copyright (c) 2014-2019 ircd-hybrid development team
+ *  Copyright (c) 2014-2020 ircd-hybrid development team
  *
  *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -157,10 +157,20 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
     /* Reset file mode. */
     umask(077);  /* umask 077: u=rwx,g=,o= */
 
-    /* Close file descriptors. */
-    close(STDIN_FILENO);
-    close(STDOUT_FILENO);
-    close(STDERR_FILENO);
+    /* Connect stdin, stdout, and stderr to /dev/null */
+    int fd = open("/dev/null", O_RDWR);
+    if (fd < 0)
+    {
+      perror("open()");
+      exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+
+    dup2(fd, STDIN_FILENO);
+    dup2(fd, STDOUT_FILENO);
+    dup2(fd, STDERR_FILENO);
+
+    if (fd > STDERR_FILENO)
+      close(fd);
 
     log_open(LOGFILE);
   }