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+    /*********************************************************************\
+    *  Copyright (c) 2003 by Radim Kolar (hsn@cybermail.net)              *
+    *  Copyright (c) 1991 by Wen-King Su (wen-king@vlsi.cs.caltech.edu)   *
+    *                                                                     *
+    *  You may copy or modify this file in any manner you wish, provided  *
+    *  that this notice is always included, and that you hold the author  *
+    *  harmless for any loss or damage resulting from the installation or *
+    *  use of this software.                                              *
+    \*********************************************************************/
+
+#include "tweak.h"
+#include <stdio.h>
+#ifdef STDC_HEADERS
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#endif
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include "server_def.h"
+#include "s_extern.h"
+#include "co_extern.h"
+#include "my-string.h"
+
+static int conf_read = 0;
+
+int daemonize = 1;
+int use_prebuild_dirlists = 
+#ifdef OS_CYGWIN
+0;
+#else
+1;
+#endif
+int grab_enabled = 1;
+int ver_enabled = 1;
+int read_only = 0;
+unsigned short udp_port = 21;
+int dbug = 0;
+uid_t run_uid = 0;
+gid_t run_gid = 0;
+int priv_mode = 0;
+int no_unnamed = 0;
+int logging = 0;
+int use_access_files = 1;
+int use_directory_mtime =
+#ifdef OS_CYGWIN 
+0;
+#else
+1;
+#endif
+unsigned int maxthcallowed = 0;
+unsigned short packetsize = UBUF_SPACE;
+time_t retry_timeout = 3;
+time_t session_timeout = 60;
+time_t stat_cache_timeout = 25;
+char *logname = NULL;
+char *dumpname = NULL;
+char *home_dir = NULL;
+char *tmp_dir = NULL;
+int homedir_restricted = 1;
+int permit_passwordless_owners = 0;
+char *readme_file = NULL;
+unsigned int dir_cache_limit = DEFAULT_DIRLISTCACHE_SIZE;
+unsigned int stat_cache_limit = DEFAULT_DIRSTATCACHE_SIZE;
+mode_t upload_umask = 0033;
+mode_t system_umask = 0077;
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ * Set this value to the maximum number of open files you wish your system  *
+ * to keep around at any given time.  The smaller this number is, the more  *
+ * likely the server is to be opening and closing files, but the less file  *
+ * descriptors need to be taken up by the server itself                     *
+ * Five seems to work reasonably well on my system                          *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+unsigned int fp_cache_limit=10;
+
+
+static void log_set PROTO2(int, flag, int, neg)
+{
+  if(neg) logging &= ~flag;
+  else logging |= flag;
+}
+
+static int get_boolean PROTO1(const char, *q)
+{
+      if(strcmp(q, "0") == 0) return 0;
+      else
+      if(strcasecmp(q, "no") == 0) return 0;
+      else
+      if(strcasecmp(q, "off") == 0) return 0;
+      else
+      if(strcasecmp(q, "on") == 0) return 1;
+      else
+      if(strcasecmp(q, "yes") == 0) return 1;
+      else
+      if(strcmp(q, "1") == 0) return 1;
+      else
+	      
+      fprintf(stderr,"Bogus boolean value '%s'. Exiting.\n",q);
+      exit(1);
+      return -1;
+}
+
+static void read_configuration PROTO1(const char *, name)
+{
+  FILE *fp;
+  char buf[1024], *p, *q;
+
+  fp = fopen(name,"r");
+  if(!fp) {
+     fprintf(stderr, "Warning: Unable to open configuration file: %s.\n", name);
+    return;
+  }
+  while(fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp)) {
+    if(buf[0] == '\n' || buf[0] == '#') continue;
+    buf[strlen(buf)-1] = '\0'; /* strip off the newline */
+    p = buf; while(*p && isspace(*p)) p++;
+    q = p; while(*q && !isspace(*q)) q++;
+    if(!*p || !*q) {
+      fprintf(stderr,"Bogus line in configuration file: %s. Exiting.\n",name);
+      exit(1);
+    }
+    *q = '\0'; q++;
+    if(strcasecmp(p, "conf") == 0) {
+      if(conf_read) {
+	fprintf(stderr, "No recursion of conf commands allowed. Skipping.\n");
+	continue;
+      }
+      conf_read = 1;
+      fclose(fp);
+      read_configuration(q);
+      return;
+    } else if(strcasecmp(p, "readme") == 0) {
+      if(readme_file) free(readme_file);
+      readme_file = strdup(q);
+    } else if(strcasecmp(p, "homedir") == 0) {
+      if(home_dir) free(home_dir);
+      home_dir = strdup(q);
+    } else if(strcasecmp(p, "tmpdir") == 0) {
+      if(tmp_dir) free(tmp_dir);
+      tmp_dir = strdup(q);
+    } else if(strcasecmp(p, "logfile") == 0) {
+      if(logname) free(logname);
+      logname = strdup(q);
+    } else if(strcasecmp(p, "dumpfile") == 0) {
+      if(dumpname) free(dumpname);
+      dumpname = strdup(q);
+    } else if(strcasecmp(p, "host") == 0) {
+      add_ipline(q,&iptab);
+    } else if(strcasecmp(p, "log") == 0) {
+      char *r;
+      int neg;
+      do {
+	/* skip to next token */
+	r = q; while(*r && !isspace(*r)) r++; 
+        if (*r) { *r++ = 0 ; while(*r && isspace(*r)) r++; }
+        if(strcasecmp(q, "none") == 0) {
+	  logging = L_NONE;
+	  break;
+	} else if(strcasecmp(q, "all") == 0) {
+	  logging = L_ALL;
+	} else {
+	  if(*q == '!') { neg = 1; q++;} else neg = 0;
+          if(strcasecmp(q, "transfers") == 0) {
+	    log_set(L_GETFILE, neg);
+	    log_set(L_INSTALL, neg);
+          } else if(strcasecmp(q, "version") == 0) log_set(L_VER, neg);
+	  else if(strcasecmp(q, "errors") == 0) log_set(L_ERR, neg);
+	  else if(strcasecmp(q, "getdir") == 0) log_set(L_GETDIR, neg);
+	  else if(strcasecmp(q, "getfile") == 0) log_set(L_GETFILE, neg);
+	  else if(strcasecmp(q, "upload") == 0) log_set(L_UPLOAD, neg);
+	  else if(strcasecmp(q, "install") == 0) log_set(L_INSTALL, neg);
+	  else if(strcasecmp(q, "delfile") == 0) log_set(L_DELFILE, neg);
+	  else if(strcasecmp(q, "deldir") == 0) log_set(L_DELDIR, neg);
+	  else if(strcasecmp(q, "setpro") == 0) log_set(L_SETPRO, neg);
+	  else if(strcasecmp(q, "getpro") == 0) log_set(L_GETPRO, neg);
+	  else if(strcasecmp(q, "makedir") == 0) log_set(L_MAKEDIR, neg);
+	  else if(strcasecmp(q, "grabfile") == 0) log_set(L_GRABFILE, neg);
+	  else if(strcasecmp(q, "readonly") == 0) log_set(L_RDONLY, neg);
+	  else if(strcasecmp(q, "stat") == 0) log_set(L_STAT, neg);
+	  else if(strcasecmp(q, "rename") == 0) log_set(L_RENAME, neg);
+        }
+	q = r;
+      } while (*q);
+    } else if(strcasecmp(p, "port") == 0)  {
+       udp_port = atoi(q);
+    }
+    else if(strcasecmp(p, "packetsize") == 0) {
+      packetsize = atoi(q);
+      if(packetsize <= 64 || packetsize > UBUF_SPACE ) packetsize = UBUF_SPACE;
+    }
+    else if(strcasecmp(p, "filecache") == 0) {
+      fp_cache_limit = atoi(q);
+      if(fp_cache_limit < 10 )  fp_cache_limit = 10;
+    }
+    else if(strcasecmp(p, "dircache") == 0) {
+      dir_cache_limit = atoi(q);
+      if( dir_cache_limit < 16 ) dir_cache_limit = DEFAULT_DIRLISTCACHE_SIZE;
+    }
+    else if(strcasecmp(p, "statcache") == 0) {
+      stat_cache_limit = atoi(q);
+      if( stat_cache_limit < 10 ) stat_cache_limit = DEFAULT_DIRSTATCACHE_SIZE;
+    }
+    else if(strcasecmp(p, "retry") == 0) {
+      retry_timeout = atoi(q);
+      if(retry_timeout < 1 ) retry_timeout = 3;
+    }
+    else if(strcasecmp(p, "timeout") == 0) { 
+      session_timeout = atoi(q);
+      if(session_timeout <= 5 ) session_timeout = 60;
+    }
+    else if(strcasecmp(p, "statcache_timeout") == 0) { 
+      session_timeout = atoi(q);
+      if(stat_cache_timeout <= 0 ) stat_cache_timeout = 20;
+    }
+    else if(strcasecmp(p, "thruput") == 0) {
+      if(strcasecmp(q, "off") == 0) maxthcallowed = 0;
+      else maxthcallowed = atoi(q);
+    } else if(strcasecmp(p, "setuid") == 0) {
+      if(strcasecmp(q, "off") == 0) run_uid = 0;
+      else run_uid = atoi(q);
+    } else if(strcasecmp(p, "setgid") == 0) {
+      if(strcasecmp(q, "off") == 0) run_gid = 0;
+      else run_gid = atoi(q);
+    } else if(strcasecmp(p, "umask") == 0) {
+      upload_umask = strtol(q,NULL,8);
+    } else if(strcasecmp(p, "serverumask") == 0) {
+      system_umask = strtol(q,NULL,8);
+    } else if(strcasecmp(p, "daemonize") == 0) {
+      daemonize = get_boolean(q);
+    } else if(strcasecmp(p, "debug") == 0) {
+      dbug = get_boolean(q);
+    } else if(strcasecmp(p, "restricted") == 0) {
+      priv_mode = get_boolean(q);
+    } else if(strcasecmp(p, "homedir_restricted") == 0) {
+      homedir_restricted = get_boolean(q);
+    } else if(strcasecmp(p, "grabcommand") == 0) {
+      grab_enabled = get_boolean(q);
+    } else if(strcasecmp(p, "vercommand") == 0) {
+      ver_enabled = get_boolean(q);
+    } else if(strcasecmp(p, "permit_passwordless_owners") == 0) {
+      permit_passwordless_owners = get_boolean(q);
+    } else if(strcasecmp(p, "reverse_name") == 0) {
+      no_unnamed = get_boolean(q);
+    } else if(strcasecmp(p, "use_prebuild_dirlists") == 0) {
+      use_prebuild_dirlists = get_boolean(q);
+    } else if(strcasecmp(p, "use_access_files") == 0) {
+      use_access_files = get_boolean(q);
+    } else if(strcasecmp(p, "use_directory_mtime") == 0) {
+      use_directory_mtime = get_boolean(q);
+    } else if(strcasecmp(p, "read_only") == 0) {
+      read_only = get_boolean(q);
+    } else {
+      fprintf(stderr, "Invalid command (%s) in config file, skipping.\n", p);
+    }
+  }
+  fclose(fp);
+}
+
+void load_configuration PROTO1(const char *,config_file)
+{
+  if(config_file == NULL) return;
+
+  /* destroy_configuration(); */
+  /* destroying iptab should be enough */
+  if(iptab)
+  {
+      free_ip_table(iptab);
+      iptab = NULL;
+  }
+
+  read_configuration(config_file);
+}
+
+void destroy_configuration PROTO0((void))
+{
+    if(readme_file) free(readme_file);
+    if(home_dir) free(home_dir);
+    if(logname) free(logname);
+    if(tmp_dir) free(tmp_dir);
+    if(dumpname) free(dumpname);
+    if(iptab) free_ip_table(iptab);
+
+    readme_file = home_dir = logname = tmp_dir = dumpname = NULL;
+    iptab = NULL;
+}