Index: s_conf.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/local/repository/irc/ircd/s_conf.c,v
retrieving revision 1.154
diff -u -r1.154 s_conf.c
--- s_conf.c	2005/01/30 17:22:12	1.154
+++ s_conf.c	2005/02/12 00:12:18
@@ -1396,7 +1396,19 @@
 		return -1;
 	    }
 #if defined(CONFIG_DIRECTIVE_INCLUDE)
-	fdn = fdopen(fd, "r");
+	/* Note for a future: do not use fdopen() for its 256 fd limit --B. */
+	close(fd);
+	fdn = fopen(configfile, "r");
+	if (fdn == NULL)
+	{
+		if (serverbooting)
+		{
+			fprintf(stderr,
+			"Fatal Error: Can not open configuration file %s (%s)\n",
+			configfile,strerror(errno));
+		}
+		return -1;
+	}
 	ConfigTop = config_read(fdn, 0, new_config_file(configfile, NULL, 0));
 	for(p = ConfigTop; p; p = p->next)
 #else