[openssl-users] Engine configuration

[Dr. Stephen Henson]

On Mon, Oct 02, 2017, Dmitry Belyavsky wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I have a question regarding engine configuration.
> 
> We need to implement such behaviour:
> - on load the engine is configured with the commands from config file, but
> the values can be overwritten via environment

That part can be done with the config file syntax see config(5) 

> - application can change the engine's configuration via ENGINE_ctrl_string
> functions.
> 
> Is there any way to distinguish whether engine is configured via the config
> file or via direct calls to ENGINE_ctrl* functions?
> 

Not currently no: the config file calls the relevant control operations. 

Steve.
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