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authorLorry Tar Creator <lorry-tar-importer@baserock.org>1997-04-08 00:29:19 +0000
committer <>2013-02-25 15:20:59 +0000
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+ /*
+ * clean_exit() cleans up and terminates the program. It should be called
+ * instead of exit() when for some reason the real network daemon will not or
+ * cannot be run. Reason: in the case of a datagram-oriented service we must
+ * discard the not-yet received data from the client. Otherwise, inetd will
+ * see the same datagram again and again, and go into a loop.
+ *
+ * Author: Wietse Venema, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands.
+ */
+
+#ifndef lint
+static char sccsid[] = "@(#) clean_exit.c 1.4 94/12/28 17:42:19";
+#endif
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+extern void exit();
+
+#include "tcpd.h"
+
+/* clean_exit - clean up and exit */
+
+void clean_exit(request)
+struct request_info *request;
+{
+
+ /*
+ * In case of unconnected protocols we must eat up the not-yet received
+ * data or inetd will loop.
+ */
+
+ if (request->sink)
+ request->sink(request->fd);
+
+ /*
+ * Be kind to the inetd. We already reported the problem via the syslogd,
+ * and there is no need for additional garbage in the logfile.
+ */
+
+ sleep(5);
+ exit(0);
+}