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vhangup(2)			 System Calls			    vhangup(2)

NAME
       vhangup - virtually "hangup" the current controlling terminal

SYNOPSIS
       #include <unistd.h>

       void vhangup(void);

DESCRIPTION
       The  vhangup()  function is used by the initialization process init(1M)
       (among others) to ensure that users  are	 given	"clean"	 terminals  at
       login by revoking access of the previous users' processes to the termi‐
       nal. To effect this, vhangup() searches the system  tables  for	refer‐
       ences  to  the controlling terminal of the invoking process and revokes
       access permissions on each instance of the terminal that it finds. Fur‐
       ther  attempts  to  access  the terminal by the affected processes will
       yield I/O errors (EBADF or EIO). A SIGHUP (hangup signal)  is  sent  to
       the process group of the controlling terminal.

SEE ALSO
       init(1M)

BUGS
       Access to the controlling terminal using /dev/tty is still possible.

       This call should be replaced by an automatic mechanism that takes place
       on process exit.

SunOS 5.10			  19 Mar 1998			    vhangup(2)

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