--- shared/misc.c
+++ shared/misc.c
@@ -319,18 +319,12 @@
 	fputs("Background mode is not supported on your operating system\n", stderr);
     return;
 #else
-	int i;
-
-
-    if((i = open("/dev/null", O_WRONLY)) == -1) {
-	for(i = 0; i <= 2; i++)
-	    close(i);
-
-    } else {
-	close(0);
-	dup2(i, 1);
-	dup2(i, 2);
-    }
+    close(0);
+    open("/dev/null", O_RDONLY);
+    close(1);
+    open("/dev/null", O_WRONLY);
+    close(2);
+    open("/dev/null", O_WRONLY);
 
     if(fork())
 	exit(0);