Do not require that there be no other clients before loading the config,

being the first client is enough. GitHub issue 2438.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/server-client.c b/server-client.c
index efeec85b..4c9706f7 100644
--- a/server-client.c
+++ b/server-client.c
@@ -2243,7 +2243,7 @@ server_client_dispatch_identify(struct client *c, struct imsg *imsg)
 	c->name = name;
 	log_debug("client %p name is %s", c, c->name);
 
-	 if (c->flags & CLIENT_CONTROL)
+	if (c->flags & CLIENT_CONTROL)
 		control_start(c);
 	else if (c->fd != -1) {
 		if (tty_init(&c->tty, c) != 0) {
@@ -2258,13 +2258,13 @@ server_client_dispatch_identify(struct client *c, struct imsg *imsg)
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * If this is the first client that has finished identifying, load
-	 * configuration files.
+	 * If this is the first client, load configuration files. Any later
+	 * clients are allowed to continue with their command even if the
+	 * config has not been loaded - they might have been run from inside it
 	 */
 	if ((~c->flags & CLIENT_EXIT) &&
-	    !cfg_finished &&
-	    c == TAILQ_FIRST(&clients) &&
-	    TAILQ_NEXT(c, entry) == NULL)
+	     !cfg_finished &&
+	     c == TAILQ_FIRST(&clients))
 		start_cfg();
 }