--- rxvt-unicode/src/proxy.C	2006/01/25 22:09:33	1.3
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/proxy.C	2007/08/02 13:54:17	1.8
@@ -27,16 +27,17 @@
 
 #include "ptytty.h"
 
-// helper/proxy support
-
-#if PTYTTY_HELPER
-
 #include <csignal>
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+// helper/proxy support
+
+#if PTYTTY_HELPER
 
 static int sock_fd = -1, lock_fd = -1;
 static int helper_pid, owner_pid;
@@ -125,6 +126,11 @@
 {
   if (id)
     {
+      close_tty ();
+
+      if (pty >= 0)
+        close (pty);
+
       NEED_TOKEN;
 
       command cmd;
@@ -292,11 +298,30 @@
 }
 
 void
+ptytty::sanitise_stdfd ()
+{
+  // sanitise stdin/stdout/stderr to point to *something*.
+  for (int fd = 0; fd <= 2; ++fd)
+    if (fcntl (fd, F_GETFL) < 0 && errno == EBADF)
+      {
+        int fd2 = open ("/dev/tty", fd ? O_WRONLY : O_RDONLY);
+
+        if (fd2 < 0)
+          fd2 = open ("/dev/null", fd ? O_WRONLY : O_RDONLY);
+
+        if (fd2 != fd)
+          abort ();
+      }
+}
+
+void
 ptytty::init ()
 {
+  sanitise_stdfd ();
+
   uid_t uid = getuid ();
   gid_t gid = getgid ();
-      
+
   // before doing anything else, check for setuid/setgid operation,
   // start the helper process and drop privileges
   if (uid != geteuid ()