-/* $OpenBSD: ssh.c,v 1.341 2010/06/26 23:04:04 djm Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: ssh.c,v 1.342 2010/07/12 22:38:52 djm Exp $ */
/*
* Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
* Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
/* Start listening for multiplex clients */
muxserver_listen();
- /* If requested, let ssh continue in the background. */
- if (fork_after_authentication_flag) {
+ /*
+ * If requested and we are not interested in replies to remote
+ * forwarding requests, then let ssh continue in the background.
+ */
+ if (fork_after_authentication_flag &&
+ (!options.exit_on_forward_failure ||
+ options.num_remote_forwards == 0)) {
fork_after_authentication_flag = 0;
if (daemon(1, 1) < 0)
fatal("daemon() failed: %.200s", strerror(errno));