Check whether config file exists before trying to create object

fixes #10602

diff --git a/lib/remote/configobjectutility.cpp b/lib/remote/configobjectutility.cpp
index d6270baad1d674cbe4827f8259f21fd9f68c91bd..1747fe71f3aec3c13726c6b65e725daaeddcc675 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/remote/configobjectutility.cpp
+++ b/lib/remote/configobjectutility.cpp
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ bool ConfigObjectUtility::CreateObject(const Type::Ptr& type, const String& full
        String path = GetObjectConfigPath(type, fullName);
        Utility::MkDirP(Utility::DirName(path), 0700);
 
+       if (Utility::PathExists(path))
+               BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION(ScriptError("Configuration file '" + path + "' already exists."));
+
        std::ofstream fp(path.CStr(), std::ofstream::out | std::ostream::trunc);
        fp << config;
        fp.close();