From 949b366fe62d320f85f518aac236ceed8cd0d688 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John <ebusd@ebusd.eu>
Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2023 08:26:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] deny mqtttopic starting with '/' (fixes #960)

---
 src/ebusd/mqtthandler.cpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/ebusd/mqtthandler.cpp b/src/ebusd/mqtthandler.cpp
index a4adac49..d8969d92 100755
--- a/src/ebusd/mqtthandler.cpp
+++ b/src/ebusd/mqtthandler.cpp
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ static error_t mqtt_parse_opt(int key, char *arg, struct argp_state *state) {
 
   case O_TOPI:  // --mqtttopic=ebusd
   {
-    if (arg == nullptr || arg[0] == 0 || strchr(arg, '+') || arg[strlen(arg)-1] == '/') {
+    if (arg == nullptr || arg[0] == 0 || arg[0] == '/' || strchr(arg, '+') || arg[strlen(arg)-1] == '/') {
       argp_error(state, "invalid mqtttopic");
       return EINVAL;
     }