Index: /branches/eam_branches/ipp-20120405/Ohana/src/libohana/src/rconnect.c
===================================================================
--- /branches/eam_branches/ipp-20120405/Ohana/src/libohana/src/rconnect.c	(revision 33892)
+++ /branches/eam_branches/ipp-20120405/Ohana/src/libohana/src/rconnect.c	(revision 33893)
@@ -61,4 +61,9 @@
 
   pid = fork ();
+  if (pid < 0) {
+    perror ("fork:");
+    fprintf (stderr, "error forking child process\n");
+    exit (3);
+  }
   if (!pid) { /* must be child process */
     if (DEBUG) fprintf (stderr, "starting remote connection to %s...", hostname);