1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/error.c b/error.c
index ec8f9df..873718c 100644
--- a/error.c
+++ b/error.c
@@ -477,14 +477,16 @@ redirect_stdout_stderr (const char *file, bool append)
     {
       HANDLE log_handle;
       int log_fd;
-      struct security_attributes sa;
 
-      init_security_attributes_allow_all (&sa);
+      SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES saAttr; 
+      saAttr.nLength = sizeof(SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES); 
+      saAttr.bInheritHandle = TRUE; 
+      saAttr.lpSecurityDescriptor = NULL; 
 
       log_handle = CreateFile (file,
 			       GENERIC_WRITE,
 			       FILE_SHARE_READ,
-			       &sa.sa,
+			       &saAttr,
 			       append ? OPEN_ALWAYS : CREATE_ALWAYS,
 			       FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,
 			       NULL);
@@ -505,10 +507,12 @@ redirect_stdout_stderr (const char *file, bool append)
       /* save original stderr for password prompts */
       orig_stderr = GetStdHandle (STD_ERROR_HANDLE);
 
+#if 0 /* seems not be necessary with stdout/stderr redirection below*/
       /* set up for redirection */
       if (!SetStdHandle (STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE, log_handle)
 	  || !SetStdHandle (STD_ERROR_HANDLE, log_handle))
 	msg (M_ERR, "Error: cannot redirect stdout/stderr to --log file: %s", file);
+#endif
 
       /* direct stdout/stderr to point to log_handle */
       log_fd = _open_osfhandle ((intptr_t)log_handle, _O_TEXT);