diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 86dac8f79..e8305dbdf 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-03-02 Julien Blache <jb@jblache.org>
+	* frontend/saned.c: work around backends that can't keep their
+	dirty fingers off stdin/stdout/stderr when run through inetd,
+	breaking the network dialog and crashing the remote net backend.
+
 2009-02-28 Chris Bagwell <cbagwell-guest at users.alioth.debian.org>
 	* m4/byteorder.m4: Delete temporary file in all cases.
 	* backend/Makefile.am, japi/Makefile.am: Use BUILT_SOURCES
diff --git a/frontend/saned.c b/frontend/saned.c
index 7f17d55eb..ae9302960 100644
--- a/frontend/saned.c
+++ b/frontend/saned.c
@@ -3112,6 +3112,41 @@ static void
 run_inetd (int argc, char **argv)
 {
   int fd = 1;
+  int dave_null;
+
+  /* Some backends really can't keep their dirty fingers off
+   * stdin/stdout/stderr; we work around them here so they don't
+   * mess up the network dialog and crash the remote net backend.
+   */
+  do
+    {
+      fd = dup (fd);
+
+      if (fd == -1)
+	{
+	  DBG (DBG_ERR, "run_inetd: duplicating fd failed: %s", strerror (errno));
+	  return;
+	}
+    }
+  while (fd < 3);
+
+  /* Our good'ole friend Dave Null to the rescue */
+  dave_null = open ("/dev/null", O_RDWR);
+  if (dave_null < 0)
+    {
+      DBG (DBG_ERR, "run_inetd: could not open /dev/null: %s", strerror (errno));
+      return;
+    }
+
+  close (STDIN_FILENO);
+  close (STDOUT_FILENO);
+  close (STDERR_FILENO);
+
+  dup2 (dave_null, STDIN_FILENO);
+  dup2 (dave_null, STDOUT_FILENO);
+  dup2 (dave_null, STDERR_FILENO);
+
+  close (dave_null);
 
 #ifndef HAVE_OS2_H
   /* Unused in this function */