Function os_fork

os/unix/unixd.c:698–730

BS2000 requires a "special" version of fork() before a setuid() call */

/* BS2000 requires a "special" version of fork() before a setuid() call */
pid_t os_fork(const char *user)
{
    pid_t pid;
    char  username[USER_LEN+1];

    switch (os_forktype(0)) {

      case bs2_FORK:
        pid = fork();
        break;

      case bs2_UFORK:
        apr_cpystrn(username, user, sizeof username);

        /* Make user name all upper case - for some versions of ufork() */
        ap_str_toupper(username);

        pid = ufork(username);
        if (pid == -1 && errno == EPERM) {
            ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_EMERG, errno, ap_server_conf,
                         APLOGNO(02181) "ufork: Possible mis-configuration "
                         "for user %s - Aborting.", user);
            exit(1);
        }
        break;

      default:
        pid = 0;
        break;
    }

    return pid;
}

#endif /* _OSD_POSIX */