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Diffstat (limited to 'src/helperfuncs.cpp')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/helperfuncs.cpp | 22 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/helperfuncs.cpp b/src/helperfuncs.cpp index d0bffc7dc..0edb09084 100644 --- a/src/helperfuncs.cpp +++ b/src/helperfuncs.cpp @@ -308,10 +308,29 @@ bool InspIRCd::OpenLog(char**, int) if (Config->logpath.empty()) { std::string path = std::string(home) + "/.inspircd"; + // This tries to create the ~/.inspircd. If it succeeds, then we go ahead and use it. + // If it fails due to an existing target, then we use it anyway. + // Either way, we make sure we can get write access to the log at this point. if (!mkdir(path.c_str(), 0700) || errno == EEXIST) { /* Log to ~/.inspircd/ircd.log */ Config->logpath = path + "/startup.log"; + FILE* fd = fopen(Config->logpath.c_str(), "a+"); + if (!fd) + { + // Could not get write access... Why? + if (errno == ENOTDIR) + // ~/.inspircd is not actually a directory! + printf("\nWARNING: Unable to create directory: %s (Exists and is not a directory)\n", path.c_str()); + else + // Not writable for some other reason (no +w access, readonly fs, file too big, whatever). + printf("\nWARNING: No write access to %s (%s)\n", Config->logpath.c_str(), strerror(errno)); + Config->logpath = "./startup.log"; + } + else + { + Config->log_file = fd; + } } else { @@ -321,7 +340,8 @@ bool InspIRCd::OpenLog(char**, int) } } - Config->log_file = fopen(Config->logpath.c_str(),"a+"); + if (!Config->log_file) + Config->log_file = fopen(Config->logpath.c_str(),"a+"); } else { |