Index: common/ioz.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/freeciv/CVS/freeciv/common/ioz.c,v
retrieving revision 1.10
diff -u -r1.10 ioz.c
--- common/ioz.c	2002/03/05 15:46:22	1.10
+++ common/ioz.c	2002/05/18 17:28:25
@@ -73,7 +73,11 @@
 {
   fz_FILE *fp;
   char mode[64];
-  
+
+  if (!is_reg_file(filename)) {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
   fp = (fz_FILE *)fc_malloc(sizeof(*fp));
   sz_strlcpy(mode, in_mode);
 
Index: common/support.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/freeciv/CVS/freeciv/common/support.c,v
retrieving revision 1.17
diff -u -r1.17 support.c
--- common/support.c	2002/05/17 06:21:16	1.17
+++ common/support.c	2002/05/18 17:28:26
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 #ifdef HAVE_UNISTD_H
 #include <unistd.h>		/* usleep, fcntl, gethostname */
@@ -473,3 +475,14 @@
 }
 
 #endif
+
+/**********************************************************************
+  Returns TRUE iff the file is a regular file or a link to a regular
+  file.
+***********************************************************************/
+bool is_reg_file(const char *name)
+{
+  struct stat tmp;
+
+  return stat(name, &tmp) == 0 && S_ISREG(tmp.st_mode);
+}
Index: common/support.h
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/freeciv/CVS/freeciv/common/support.h,v
retrieving revision 1.11
diff -u -r1.11 support.h
--- common/support.h	2002/03/05 15:46:24	1.11
+++ common/support.h	2002/05/18 17:28:26
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #include "attribute.h"
+#include "shared.h"		/* bool type */
 
 int mystrcasecmp(const char *str0, const char *str1);
 int mystrncasecmp(const char *str0, const char *str1, size_t n);
@@ -54,5 +55,7 @@
 void my_init_console(void);
 char *my_read_console(void);
 #endif
+
+bool is_reg_file(const char *name);
 
 #endif  /* FC__SUPPORT_H */
Index: server/stdinhand.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/freeciv/CVS/freeciv/server/stdinhand.c,v
retrieving revision 1.224
diff -u -r1.224 stdinhand.c
--- server/stdinhand.c	2002/05/14 19:40:42	1.224
+++ server/stdinhand.c	2002/05/18 17:28:30
@@ -1776,13 +1776,12 @@
 void read_init_script(struct connection *caller, char *script_filename)
 {
   FILE *script_file;
-  char buffer[MAX_LEN_CONSOLE_LINE];
 
   freelog(LOG_NORMAL, _("Loading script file: %s"), script_filename);
-  script_file = fopen(script_filename,"r");
-
-  if (script_file) {
-
+ 
+  if (is_reg_file(script_filename)
+      && (script_file = fopen(script_filename, "r"))) {
+    char buffer[MAX_LEN_CONSOLE_LINE];
     /* the size is set as to not overflow buffer in handle_stdin_input */
     while(fgets(buffer,MAX_LEN_CONSOLE_LINE-1,script_file))
       handle_stdin_input((struct connection *)NULL, buffer);
@@ -1793,6 +1792,7 @@
 	_("Cannot read command line scriptfile '%s'."), script_filename);
     freelog(LOG_ERROR,
 	_("Could not read script file '%s'."), script_filename);
+    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
   }
 }