Merge branch 'collectd-4.2' into collectd-4.3

[collectd.git] / src / exec.c

diff --git a/src/exec.c b/src/exec.c
index 20e65df..5eae906 100644 (file)
--- a/src/exec.c
+++ b/src/exec.c
@@ -421,8 +421,17 @@ static int fork_child (program_list_t *pl, int *fd_in, int *fd_out) /* {{{ */
   }
   else if (pid == 0)
   {
-    close (fd_pipe_in[1]);
-    close (fd_pipe_out[0]);
+    int fd_num;
+    int fd;
+
+    /* Close all file descriptors but the pipe end we need. */
+    fd_num = getdtablesize ();
+    for (fd = 0; fd < fd_num; fd++)
+    {
+      if ((fd == fd_pipe_in[0]) || (fd == fd_pipe_out[1]))
+       continue;
+      close (fd);
+    }
 
     /* If the `out' pipe has the filedescriptor STDIN we have to be careful
      * with the `dup's below. So, if this is the case we have to handle the