diff -urN kon2-0.3.9b.orig/src/child.c kon2-0.3.9b/src/child.c
--- kon2-0.3.9b.orig/src/child.c	Wed Jul 19 04:03:07 2000
+++ kon2-0.3.9b/src/child.c	Thu Jul 20 15:48:45 2000
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@
 #include	<version.h>
 #include	<vc.h>
 
+#define _USE_BSD
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/resource.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+
 static char *startupStr, *execProg;
 static char *execProgArgs[256];
 
@@ -64,15 +69,42 @@
 	return SUCCESS;
 }
 
-static void	RunStartupCmd(void)
+void	RunStartupCmd(void)
 {
 	char *p;
+	int StartupPid;
+	int stat;
 
-	/* run as user, not effective user root, see ChildStart() */
 	p = strtok(startupStr, "\n");
 	while(p) {
-		system(p);
-		p = strtok(NULL, "\n");
+	  /* fork handler */
+	  if ((StartupPid = fork()) < 0) {
+	    PerrorExit("fork");
+	  }
+	  if (StartupPid != 0) {
+	    /* I'm parent. */
+
+	    wait4(StartupPid, &stat, 0, 0);
+	    if(WIFEXITED(stat) == 0)
+	      PerrorExit("StartupCmd");
+
+	  } else {
+
+	    /* I'm child */
+	    char *argv[4];
+
+	    /* run as user, not effective user root */
+	    setgid(getgid());
+	    setuid(getuid());
+
+	    argv[0] = "sh";
+	    argv[1] = "-c";
+	    argv[2] = p;
+	    argv[3] = NULL;
+	    execv("/bin/sh", argv);
+	    _exit(0);
+	  }
+	  p = strtok(NULL, "\n");
 	}
 }
 
@@ -105,11 +137,9 @@
 
 #ifndef	MINI_KON
 	char	*shell;
-	setgid(getgid());
-	setuid(getuid());
+        setgid(getgid());
+        setuid(getuid());
 	/* run as user, not effective user root */
-
-	RunStartupCmd();
 #endif
 
 #if defined(linux)
diff -urN kon2-0.3.9b.orig/src/term.c kon2-0.3.9b/src/term.c
--- kon2-0.3.9b.orig/src/term.c	Wed Jul 19 04:03:07 2000
+++ kon2-0.3.9b/src/term.c	Wed Jul 19 04:04:03 2000
@@ -390,6 +390,8 @@
     char	ls, ln;
 #ifdef	MINI_KON
     extern void LoadMiniFont();
+#else
+    RunStartupCmd();
 #endif
     
     /* Open PTY(master) */