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-rw-r--r--miscutils/crontab.c8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/miscutils/crontab.c b/miscutils/crontab.c
index 4bba9fb44..dc3179dac 100644
--- a/miscutils/crontab.c
+++ b/miscutils/crontab.c
@@ -38,8 +38,10 @@ static void change_user(const struct passwd *pas)
static void edit_file(const struct passwd *pas, const char *file)
{
const char *ptr;
- int pid = xvfork();
+ int pid = vfork();
+ if (pid < 0) /* failure */
+ bb_perror_msg_and_die("vfork");
if (pid) { /* parent */
wait4pid(pid);
return;
@@ -63,7 +65,9 @@ static int open_as_user(const struct passwd *pas, const char *file)
pid_t pid;
char c;
- pid = xvfork();
+ pid = vfork();
+ if (pid < 0) /* ERROR */
+ bb_perror_msg_and_die("vfork");
if (pid) { /* PARENT */
if (wait4pid(pid) == 0) {
/* exitcode 0: child says it can read */