From 3f3fa13e2d6dcdfe2a34565b28d76a64b53e59be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pieter Lexis <pieter.lexis@powerdns.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2016 12:13:19 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] pdnsutil: warn if we can't read the config file

Closes #3305
---
 pdns/pdnsutil.cc | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pdns/pdnsutil.cc b/pdns/pdnsutil.cc
index 7a2e25ca7..f822de8c5 100644
--- a/pdns/pdnsutil.cc
+++ b/pdns/pdnsutil.cc
@@ -99,7 +99,9 @@ void loadMainConfig(const std::string& configdir)
   L.toConsole(Logger::Error);   // so we print any errors
   BackendMakers().launch(::arg()["launch"]); // vrooooom!
   L.toConsole((Logger::Urgency)(::arg().asNum("loglevel")));  
-  ::arg().laxFile(configname.c_str());    
+
+  if (! ::arg().laxFile(configname.c_str()))
+    cerr<<"Warning: unable to read configuration file '"<<configname<<"'."<<endl;
   //cerr<<"Backend: "<<::arg()["launch"]<<", '" << ::arg()["gmysql-dbname"] <<"'" <<endl;
 
   S.declare("qsize-q","Number of questions waiting for database attention");
-- 
2.50.0