Index: /trunk/config.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/config.c	(revision 343)
+++ trunk/config.c	(revision 344)
@@ -600,4 +600,5 @@
 	static unsigned recursion_depth = 0U;
 	char *globerr_msg = NULL;
+	int in_config = 0;
 	struct flock fd_lock = {
 		.l_start = 0,
@@ -1301,4 +1302,5 @@
 				key = NULL;
 			} else if (*start == '/' || *start == '"' || *start == '\'') {
+				in_config = 0;
 				if (newlog != defConfig) {
 					message(MESS_ERROR, "%s:%d unexpected log filename\n",
@@ -1323,8 +1325,16 @@
 
 				endtag = start;
-				while (endtag - buf < length && *endtag != '{' && *endtag != '\0') {
+				while (endtag - buf < length && *endtag != '{' && *endtag != '}' && *endtag != '\0') {
 					endtag++;}
 				if (endtag - buf > length)
 					continue;
+				if (*endtag == '}') {
+					message(MESS_ERROR, "%s:%d unexpected } (missing previous '{')\n", configFile,
+						lineNum);
+					goto error;
+				}
+				if (*endtag == '{') {
+					in_config = 1;
+				}
 				char *key = strndup(start, endtag - start);
 				start = endtag;
@@ -1418,4 +1428,10 @@
 					goto error;
 				}
+				if (!in_config) {
+					message(MESS_ERROR, "%s:%d unexpected } (missing previous '{')\n", configFile,
+						lineNum);
+					goto error;
+				}
+				in_config = 0;
 			if (globerr_msg) {
 				if (!(newlog->flags & LOG_FLAG_MISSINGOK))