applying patch from bug 24:

    0000024 03-16-05 patch: allow init to set controlling tty

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/init/Config.in b/init/Config.in
index 521f8fe1d..a3584aaf5 100644
--- a/init/Config.in
+++ b/init/Config.in
@@ -43,6 +43,17 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_INIT_SWAPON
           If the system has less than one megabyte of total memory, init
           will run '/sbin/swapon -a' to add swap memory.
 
+config CONFIG_FEATURE_INIT_SCTTY
+        bool "  Support running commands with a controlling-tty?"
+        default n
+        depends on CONFIG_INIT
+        help
+          If this option is enabled a command starting with hyphen (-)
+          is run in its own session (setsid(2)) and possibly with a
+          controlling tty (TIOCSCTTY).  This is not the traditional init
+          behavour, but is often what you want in an embedded system where
+          the console is only accessed during development or for maintenance.
+
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_EXTRA_QUIET
         bool "  Should init be _extra_ quiet on boot?"
         default y