From 7d55ab1bffa6adb336f809c1687975527671889c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dan Fandrich <dan@coneharvesters.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2023 15:14:05 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] tests: close the shell used to start sshd

This shell isn't needed once sshd starts, so use "exec" so it doesn't
stick around.

Closes #12032
---
 tests/sshserver.pl | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tests/sshserver.pl b/tests/sshserver.pl
index 2a69561892..cba8a88ef0 100755
--- a/tests/sshserver.pl
+++ b/tests/sshserver.pl
@@ -1175,7 +1175,8 @@ if ($sshdid =~ /OpenSSH-Windows/) {
 #***************************************************************************
 # Start the ssh server daemon without forking it
 #
-my $rc = system($cmd);
+# "exec" avoids the shell process sticking around
+my $rc = system("exec " . $cmd);
 if($rc == -1) {
     logmsg "\"$sshd\" failed with: $!\n";
 }