diff -uNr partimage-0.6.6.orig/src/server/partimaged-main.cpp partimage-0.6.6/src/server/partimaged-main.cpp
--- partimage-0.6.6.orig/src/server/partimaged-main.cpp	2008-01-15 12:32:50.000000000 +0100
+++ partimage-0.6.6/src/server/partimaged-main.cpp	2008-01-15 12:36:06.000000000 +0100
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <cstring>
 
 #include "net.h"
 #include "netserver.h"
@@ -321,6 +323,7 @@
   signal(SIGTERM, catch_sigint);
   signal(SIGINT, catch_sigint);
   signal(SIGSEGV, catch_sigint); // segmentation fault
+  signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_IGN); // ignore child exits
 //  signal(SIGHUP, catch_sigint);
 //  signal(SIGQUIT, catch_sigint);
 //  signal(SIGCHLD, catch_sigint);
@@ -426,9 +429,15 @@
           g_Window->SetLocation(client, "(wrong password)");
         }
       else
-        pthread_create(&threads[client], NULL,
-           partimaged, &client);
-
+        {
+          int rv = fork();
+          if ( rv < 0 )
+            {
+              showDebug(1, "Cannot fork() on incoming connection - %s\n", strerror(errno));
+              continue;
+            }
+          if ( ! rv ) partimaged(&client); // child process
+        } 
     } // infernal loop
 
   showDebug(1, "end of partimaged-main\n");