[openssl-users] Engine configuration

[Dmitry Belyavsky]

Dear Stephen,

On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 12:16 AM, Dr. Stephen Henson <steve at openssl.org>
wrote:

> 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.
>
>
Does it make sense to create a PR  (without code for now) to make these
cases distinguishable?
Thank you!

-- 
SY, Dmitry Belyavsky
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