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-rw-r--r--shadow/lckpwdf.c8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/shadow/lckpwdf.c b/shadow/lckpwdf.c
index d21a744336..ffe157e119 100644
--- a/shadow/lckpwdf.c
+++ b/shadow/lckpwdf.c
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ __lckpwdf ()
struct sigaction saved_act; /* Saved signal action. */
sigset_t new_set; /* New set of caught signals. */
struct sigaction new_act; /* New signal action. */
+ struct flock fl; /* Information struct for locking. */
int result;
if (lock_fd != -1)
@@ -139,7 +140,10 @@ __lckpwdf ()
alarm (TIMEOUT);
/* Try to get the lock. */
- result = flock (lock_fd, LOCK_EX);
+ memset (&fl, '\0', sizeof (struct flock));
+ fl.l_type = F_WRLCK;
+ fl.l_whence = SEEK_SET;
+ result = fcntl (lock_fd, F_SETLKW, &fl);
RETURN_CLEAR_ALARM (result);
}
@@ -177,5 +181,5 @@ static void
noop_handler (sig)
int sig;
{
- /* We simply return which makes the `flock' call return with an error. */
+ /* We simply return which makes the `fcntl' call return with an error. */
}