--- sysvinit-2.86/src/init.c.foo 2006-09-21 14:46:26.000000000 -0400 +++ sysvinit-2.86/src/init.c 2006-09-21 14:47:00.000000000 -0400 @@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ * for any wait-type subprocess we _force_ the console * to be its controlling tty. */ - if (strchr("*#sS", runlevel) && ch->flags & WAITING) { + if ((strchr("*#sS", runlevel) || (ch->id[0] == 'l' && isdigit(ch->id[1]))) && ch->flags & WAITING) { /* * We fork once extra. This is so that we can * wait and change the process group and session