>>>Log Message:
>>>daemon(3) has to be called before opening file descriptors.
>>>noticed by markus@openbsd, sync with kame
>>
>>this has the "side effect" of requiring that absolute paths to config
>>files be used at all times, since daemon(3) changes the working
>>directory.  is this "acceptable" behavior?
>
>	in general, yes, if you move daemon(3) carelessly you will get the
>	sideeffect.
>	for the above change, "file descriptors" are network sockets,
>	and there shouldn't be a problem.

so...this is just to ensure that all of 0, 1, and 2 are properly
attached to /dev/null before calling, eg, openlog(3), yes?

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