Index: tinit.c
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--- tinit.c	(revision 253873)
+++ tinit.c	(working copy)
@@ -260,8 +260,10 @@
 	int					fds[3] = {0, 1, 2}, i;
 
 	close(0);
-	if(open(ttp->devname, O_RDWR) == -1)
+	if(open(ttp->devname, O_RDWR) == -1){
+    ttp->pid = -1;
 		return(-1);
+  }
 	dup2(0, 1);
 	dup2(1, 2);