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1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/nscd/connections.c b/nscd/connections.c
index 3d0727f33b..234e289f00 100644
--- a/nscd/connections.c
+++ b/nscd/connections.c
@@ -1418,7 +1418,22 @@ cannot change to old working directory: %s; disabling paranoia mode"),
}
/* The preparations are done. */
- execv ("/proc/self/exe", argv);
+#ifdef PATH_MAX
+ char pathbuf[PATH_MAX];
+#else
+ char pathbuf[256];
+#endif
+ /* Try to exec the real nscd program so the process name (as reported
+ in /proc/PID/status) will be 'nscd', but fall back to /proc/self/exe
+ if readlink fails */
+ ssize_t n = readlink ("/proc/self/exe", pathbuf, sizeof (pathbuf) - 1);
+ if (n == -1)
+ execv ("/proc/self/exe", argv);
+ else
+ {
+ pathbuf[n] = '\0';
+ execv (pathbuf, argv);
+ }
/* If we come here, we will never be able to re-exec. */
dbg_log (_("re-exec failed: %s; disabling paranoia mode"),