--- modules/loggers/mod_log_config.c.logconfigtest	2006-07-11 22:38:44.000000000 -0500
+++ modules/loggers/mod_log_config.c	2009-02-19 07:35:18.000000000 -0600
@@ -1496,6 +1496,59 @@
 
     return OK;
 }
+static void log_configtest(apr_pool_t *p, server_rec *s)
+{
+    apr_status_t rc;
+    /* We check if we can at least open the error file.
+    */ 
+    if ((rc = apr_file_open(&s->error_log, s->error_fname, APR_APPEND | APR_WRITE | APR_CREATE | APR_LARGEFILE,
+                    APR_OS_DEFAULT, p)) != APR_SUCCESS) {
+        ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_STARTUP, rc, NULL,
+            "Could not open error log file %s.",s->error_fname);
+    } else {
+        apr_file_close(s->error_log);
+    }
+    /* We check if we can open the other files
+    */
+    multi_log_state *mls = ap_get_module_config(s->module_config, &log_config_module);
+    config_log_state *clsarray;
+    int i;
+
+    /*
+     * Log this transaction..
+     */
+    if (mls->config_logs->nelts) {
+        clsarray = (config_log_state *) mls->config_logs->elts;
+        for (i = 0; i < mls->config_logs->nelts; ++i) {
+            config_log_state *cls = &clsarray[i];
+            const char *fname = cls->fname;
+            apr_file_t *logfile = NULL;
+            if ((rc = apr_file_open(&logfile, fname, APR_APPEND | APR_WRITE | APR_CREATE | APR_LARGEFILE,
+                            APR_OS_DEFAULT, p)) != APR_SUCCESS) {
+                ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_STARTUP, rc, NULL,
+                    "Could not open log file %s.",fname);
+            } else {
+                apr_file_close(logfile);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    else if (mls->server_config_logs) {
+        clsarray = (config_log_state *) mls->server_config_logs->elts;
+        for (i = 0; i < mls->server_config_logs->nelts; ++i) {
+            config_log_state *cls = &clsarray[i];
+            const char *fname = cls->fname;
+            apr_file_t *logfile = NULL;
+            if ((rc = apr_file_open(&logfile, fname, APR_APPEND | APR_WRITE | APR_CREATE | APR_LARGEFILE,
+                            APR_OS_DEFAULT, p)) != APR_SUCCESS) {
+                ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_STARTUP, rc, NULL,
+                    "Could not open log file %s.",fname);
+            } else {
+                apr_file_close(logfile);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+}
 
 static void register_hooks(apr_pool_t *p)
 {
@@ -1503,6 +1556,7 @@
     ap_hook_child_init(init_child,NULL,NULL,APR_HOOK_MIDDLE);
     ap_hook_open_logs(init_config_log,NULL,NULL,APR_HOOK_MIDDLE);
     ap_hook_log_transaction(multi_log_transaction,NULL,NULL,APR_HOOK_MIDDLE);
+    ap_hook_test_config(log_configtest,NULL,NULL,APR_HOOK_MIDDLE);
 
     /* Init log_hash before we register the optional function. It is
      * possible for the optional function, ap_register_log_handler,