src: better posix replacement; fixes #140

src/etc/inc/interfaces.inc

@@ -1303,7 +1303,7 @@ function interface_bring_down($interface = "wan", $destroy = false, $ifacecfg =
 	case "dhcp6":
 		$pidv6 = find_dhcp6c_process($realif);
 		if ($pidv6) {
-			killbypid($pidv6);
+			exec('/bin/kill ' . $pidv6);
 		}
 		sleep(3);
 		unlink_if_exists("{$g['varetc_path']}/dhcp6c_{$interface}.conf");
@@ -2794,7 +2794,7 @@ function kill_dhclient_process($interface)
 	while ((($pid = find_dhclient_process($interface)) != 0) && ($i < 3)) {
 		/* 3rd time make it die for sure */
 		$sig = ($i == 2 ? 'KILL' : 'TERM');
-		killbypid($pid, $sig);
+		exec(sprintf('/bin/kill -%s %s', $sig, $pid));
 		sleep(1);
 		$i++;
 	}
@@ -3227,7 +3227,7 @@ function interface_track6_configure($interface = "lan", $wancfg, $linkupevent =
 			$parentrealif = get_real_interface($wancfg['track6-interface']);
 			$pidv6 = find_dhcp6c_process($parentrealif);
 			if ($pidv6) {
-				killbypid($pidv6, 'HUP');
+				exec('/bin/kill -HUP ' . $pidv6);
 			}
 		}
 		break;

src/etc/inc/pfsense-utils.inc

@@ -780,9 +780,8 @@ function is_serial_enabled()
 
 function reload_ttys()
 {
-	/* Send a HUP signal to init will make it reload /etc/ttys */
-	require_once('util.inc');
-	killbypid(1, 'HUP');
+	/* force init(8) to reload /etc/ttys */
+	exec('/bin/kill -HUP 1');
 }
 
 /* DHCP enabled on any interfaces? */

src/www/interfaces.php

@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ require_once("filter.inc");
 require_once("shaper.inc");
 require_once("rrd.inc");
 require_once("vpn.inc");
-require_once("util.inc");
 require_once("xmlparse_attr.inc");
 
 $referer = (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']) ? $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] : '/interfaces.php');
@@ -802,7 +801,7 @@ if ($_POST['apply']) {
 			if ($wancfg['ipaddrv6'] == "dhcp6") {
 				$pid = find_dhcp6c_process($wancfg['if']);
 				if ($pid) {
-					killbypid($pid);
+					exec('/bin/kill ' . $pid);
 				}
 			}
 		}