NAME
setsid - creates a session and sets the process group ID
SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h>
pid_t setsid(void);
DESCRIPTION
setsid() creates a new session if the calling process is not a process
group leader. The calling process is the leader of the new session,
the process group leader of the new process group, and has no
controlling tty. The process group ID and session ID of the calling
process are set to the PID of the calling process. The calling process
will be the only process in this new process group and in this new
session.
RETURN VALUE
On success, the (new) session ID of the calling process is returned.
On error, (pid_t) -1 is returned, and errno is set to indicate the
error.
ERRORS
EPERM. The process group ID of any process equals the PID of the
calling process. Thus, in particular, setsid() fails if the
calling process is already a process group leader.
CONFORMING TO
SVr4, POSIX.1-2001.
NOTES
A child created via fork(2) inherits its parent’s session ID. The
session ID is preserved across an execve(2).
A process group leader is a process with process group ID equal to its
PID. In order to be sure that setsid() will succeed, fork(2) and
_exit(2), and have the child do setsid().
SEE ALSO
getsid(2), setpgid(2), setpgrp(2), tcgetsid(3), credentials(7)
COLOPHON
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