case EXEC_OUTPUT_INHERIT:
- /* If the input is connected to a terminal, inherit that... */
+ /* If the input is connected to anything that's not a /dev/null, inherit that... */
if (i != EXEC_INPUT_NULL)
return dup2(STDIN_FILENO, STDOUT_FILENO) < 0 ? -errno : STDOUT_FILENO;
- /* For PID 1 stdout is always connected to /dev/null,
- * hence reopen the console if out parent is PID1. */
- if (getppid() == 1)
- return open_terminal_as(tty_path(context), O_WRONLY, STDOUT_FILENO);
+ /* If we are not started from PID 1 we just inherit STDOUT from our parent process. */
+ if (getppid() != 1)
+ return STDOUT_FILENO;
- return STDOUT_FILENO;
+ /* We need to open /dev/null here anew, to get the
+ * right access mode. So we fall through */
case EXEC_OUTPUT_NULL:
return open_null_as(O_WRONLY, STDOUT_FILENO);
* the way and are not on a tty */
if (e == EXEC_OUTPUT_INHERIT &&
o == EXEC_OUTPUT_INHERIT &&
- i != EXEC_INPUT_NULL &&
+ i == EXEC_INPUT_NULL &&
getppid () != 1)
return STDERR_FILENO;
s->valid_no_process = true;
s->kill_mode = KILL_PROCESS_GROUP;
s->restart = SERVICE_ONCE;
+ s->exec_context.std_output = EXEC_OUTPUT_TTY;
u->meta.load_state = UNIT_LOADED;
r = 0;