daemon dies on xterm kill

[Chris Liechti]

John Hunter <jdhunter at nitace.bsd.uchicago.edu> wrote in
news:m2ptzeedd7.fsf at video.paradise.lost: 
> I am trying to write an xmlrpc server daemon.  When I 'exit' the xterm
> that I launch the daemon in, the exit never completes and I still get
> output from the server about connection attempts, though I lose my
> prompt.  This occurs whether I launch the program w/ or w/o nohup in
> the background.  I am trying to launch it as a regular user, not
> root.  Is there something wrong with my daemon code or the way I am
> launching it:
[snip]

yes, i think you're missing the double-fork.
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/66012

chris

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Chris <cliechti at gmx.net>