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CONF_MODULES_LOAD_FILE(3)           OpenSSL          CONF_MODULES_LOAD_FILE(3)
NAME
       CONF_modules_load_file, CONF_modules_load - OpenSSL configuration
       functions
SYNOPSIS
        #include <openssl/conf.h>
        int CONF_modules_load_file(const char *filename, const char *appname,
                                   unsigned long flags);
        int CONF_modules_load(const CONF *cnf, const char *appname,
                              unsigned long flags);
DESCRIPTION
       The function CONF_modules_load_file() configures OpenSSL using file
       filename and application name appname. If filename is NULL the standard
       OpenSSL configuration file is used. If appname is NULL the standard
       OpenSSL application name openssl_conf is used.  The behaviour can be
       customized using flags.
       CONF_modules_load() is identical to CONF_modules_load_file() except it
       reads configuration information from cnf.
NOTES
       The following flags are currently recognized:
       If CONF_MFLAGS_IGNORE_ERRORS is set errors returned by individual
       configuration modules are ignored. If not set the first module error is
       considered fatal and no further modules are loaded.
       Normally any modules errors will add error information to the error
       queue. If CONF_MFLAGS_SILENT is set no error information is added.
       If CONF_MFLAGS_IGNORE_RETURN_CODES is set the function unconditionally
       returns success.  This is used by default in OPENSSL_init_crypto(3) to
       ignore any errors in the default system-wide configuration file, as
       having all OpenSSL applications fail to start when there are
       potentially minor issues in the file is too risky.  Applications
       calling CONF_modules_load_file explicitly should not generally set this
       flag.
       If CONF_MFLAGS_NO_DSO is set configuration module loading from DSOs is
       disabled.
       CONF_MFLAGS_IGNORE_MISSING_FILE if set will make
       CONF_load_modules_file() ignore missing configuration files. Normally a
       missing configuration file return an error.
       CONF_MFLAGS_DEFAULT_SECTION if set and appname is not NULL will use the
       default section pointed to by openssl_conf if appname does not exist.
       By using CONF_modules_load_file() with appropriate flags an application
       can customise application configuration to best suit its needs. In some
       cases the use of a configuration file is optional and its absence is
       not an error: in this case CONF_MFLAGS_IGNORE_MISSING_FILE would be
       set.
       Errors during configuration may also be handled differently by
       different applications. For example in some cases an error may simply
       print out a warning message and the application continue. In other
       cases an application might consider a configuration file error as fatal
       and exit immediately.
       Applications can use the CONF_modules_load() function if they wish to
       load a configuration file themselves and have finer control over how
       errors are treated.
RETURN VALUES
       These functions return 1 for success and a zero or negative value for
       failure. If module errors are not ignored the return code will reflect
       the return value of the failing module (this will always be zero or
       negative).
EXAMPLES
       Load a configuration file and print out any errors and exit (missing
       file considered fatal):
        if (CONF_modules_load_file(NULL, NULL, 0) <= 0) {
            fprintf(stderr, "FATAL: error loading configuration file\n");
            ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
            exit(1);
        }
       Load default configuration file using the section indicated by "myapp",
       tolerate missing files, but exit on other errors:
        if (CONF_modules_load_file(NULL, "myapp",
                                   CONF_MFLAGS_IGNORE_MISSING_FILE) <= 0) {
            fprintf(stderr, "FATAL: error loading configuration file\n");
            ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
            exit(1);
        }
       Load custom configuration file and section, only print warnings on
       error, missing configuration file ignored:
        if (CONF_modules_load_file("/something/app.cnf", "myapp",
                                   CONF_MFLAGS_IGNORE_MISSING_FILE) <= 0) {
            fprintf(stderr, "WARNING: error loading configuration file\n");
            ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
        }
       Load and parse configuration file manually, custom error handling:
        FILE *fp;
        CONF *cnf = NULL;
        long eline;
        fp = fopen("/somepath/app.cnf", "r");
        if (fp == NULL) {
            fprintf(stderr, "Error opening configuration file\n");
            /* Other missing configuration file behaviour */
        } else {
            cnf = NCONF_new(NULL);
            if (NCONF_load_fp(cnf, fp, &eline) == 0) {
                fprintf(stderr, "Error on line %ld of configuration file\n", eline);
                ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
                /* Other malformed configuration file behaviour */
            } else if (CONF_modules_load(cnf, "appname", 0) <= 0) {
                fprintf(stderr, "Error configuring application\n");
                ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
                /* Other configuration error behaviour */
            }
            fclose(fp);
            NCONF_free(cnf);
        }
SEE ALSO
       config(5), OPENSSL_config(3)
COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 2004-2019 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
       Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License").  You may not use
       this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
       in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
       <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>;.
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