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-rw-r--r--src/util/system.cpp5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/util/system.cpp b/src/util/system.cpp
index 30d4103819..4e16a83c87 100644
--- a/src/util/system.cpp
+++ b/src/util/system.cpp
@@ -904,6 +904,11 @@ bool ArgsManager::ReadConfigFiles(std::string& error, bool ignore_invalid_keys)
const std::string confPath = GetArg("-conf", BITCOIN_CONF_FILENAME);
fsbridge::ifstream stream(GetConfigFile(confPath));
+ // not ok to have a config file specified that cannot be opened
+ if (IsArgSet("-conf") && !stream.good()) {
+ error = strprintf("specified config file \"%s\" could not be opened.", confPath);
+ return false;
+ }
// ok to not have a config file
if (stream.good()) {
if (!ReadConfigStream(stream, confPath, error, ignore_invalid_keys)) {