init: fix bug 1584: improper check for fork error

diff --git a/init/init.c b/init/init.c
index 4b543a44f11589115c7a97a82761d6ec83ba07ea..9891087f54e25a9d9cd70079c00543adde0093ec 100644 (file)
--- a/init/init.c
+++ b/init/init.c
@@ -370,13 +370,12 @@ static pid_t run(const struct init_action *a)
 
                /* Now fork off another process to just hang around */
                pid = fork();
-               if (pid) {
+               if (pid < 0) {
                        message(L_LOG | L_CONSOLE, "Can't fork");
                        _exit(1);
                }
 
                if (pid > 0) {
-
                        /* We are the parent -- wait till the child is done */
                        signal(SIGINT, SIG_IGN);
                        signal(SIGTSTP, SIG_IGN);