empty section of configuration item forbidden

diff --git a/lib/conf.c b/lib/conf.c
index 3f79fc22d3497d4c15c9de0dc524ac7f762ebf20..98c34b56b16d62eadaf222c04c618bf69c6a2a9d 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/conf.c
+++ b/lib/conf.c
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ byte *cf_set_item(byte *sect, byte *name, byte *value)
        struct cfitem *item;
        byte *msg=NULL;
 
+       if (!*sect)
+               return "Empty section name";
        item=cf_get_item(sect,name);
        if(!item)       /* ignore unknown section */
                return NULL;