VHANGUP(2) Linux Programmer's Manual VHANGUP(2)

vhangup - virtually hangup the current tty

#include <unistd.h>

int vhangup(void);

vhangup() simulates a hangup on the current terminal. This call arranges for other users to have a “clean” tty at login time.

On success, zero is returned. On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set appropriately.

The calling process has insufficient privilege to call vhangup(); the CAP_SYS_TTY_CONFIG capability is required.

This call is Linux-specific, and should not be used in programs intended to be portable.

capabilities(7), init(8)

2004-05-27 Linux 2.6.6

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