From: Timo Sirainen <timo.sirainen@open-xchange.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2025 08:22:54 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: config: Fail if trying to give section name for strlist or boollist setting
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config: Fail if trying to give section name for strlist or boollist setting

For example this should fail:

mail_plugins foo {
}
---

diff --git a/src/config/config-parser.c b/src/config/config-parser.c
index 91e5fdaf85..61a7e09555 100644
--- a/src/config/config-parser.c
+++ b/src/config/config-parser.c
@@ -3254,6 +3254,9 @@ void config_parser_apply_line(struct config_parser_context *ctx,
 		if (def->type != SET_STRLIST && def->type != SET_BOOLLIST) {
 			ctx->error = p_strdup_printf(ctx->pool,
 				"Setting %s cannot be used as a section", key);
+		} else if (line->value[0] != '\0') {
+			ctx->error = p_strdup_printf(ctx->pool,
+				"Setting %s cannot have a value for the section", key);
 		}
 		break;
 	}