#203: run ssh in its own session using os.setsid

git-svn-id: https://xpra.org/svn/Xpra/trunk@2029 3bb7dfac-3a0b-4e04-842a-767bc560f471
Xpra-org · Nov 3, 2012 · ef8234f · ef8234f
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commit ef8234f
Showing 1 changed file with 5 additions and 1 deletion.
diff --git a/src/xpra/scripts/main.py b/src/xpra/scripts/main.py
@@ -562,7 +562,11 @@ def connect_or_fail(display_desc):
         cmd = (display_desc["full_remote_xpra"]
                + ["_proxy"] + display_desc["display_as_args"])
         try:
-            child = Popen(cmd, stdin=PIPE, stdout=PIPE)
+            def setsid():
+                #run in a new session
+                if os.name=="posix":
+                    os.setsid()
+            child = Popen(cmd, stdin=PIPE, stdout=PIPE, preexec_fn=setsid)
         except OSError, e:
             sys.exit("Error running ssh program '%s': %s" % (cmd[0], e))
         def abort_test(action):