This patch fixes the default behavior of a non-DEVELOPER version of Bacula to close STDIN, STDOUT, and STDERR so that an ssh that starts bacula will not hang. It also fixes a crash in bat when bat is executed and cannot connect to the Director (e.g. it is not running). This patch fixes bugs #991 and #993. Apply this fix to Bacula version 2.2.5 with: cd patch -p0 <2.2.5-daemon.patch ./configure (your options) make ... make install Index: src/lib/message.c =================================================================== --- src/lib/message.c (revision 5744) +++ src/lib/message.c (working copy) @@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ */ const char *working_directory = NULL; /* working directory path stored here */ int verbose = 0; /* increase User messages */ -int debug_level = 1; /* debug level */ +/* Keep debug level set to zero by default */ +int debug_level = 0; /* debug level */ time_t daemon_start_time = 0; /* Daemon start time */ const char *version = VERSION " (" BDATE ")"; char my_name[30]; /* daemon name is stored here */ @@ -1338,7 +1339,7 @@ jcr = get_jcr_from_tsd(); } /* If no jcr or dequeuing send to daemon to avoid recursion */ - if (!jcr || jcr->dequeuing) { + if ((jcr && !jcr->msg_queue) || !jcr || jcr->dequeuing) { /* jcr==NULL => daemon message, safe to send now */ Jmsg(jcr, item->type, item->mtime, "%s", item->msg); free(item);