Added exception handling during handler initialization in fileConfig()

Lib/logging/config.py

@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ def fileConfig(fname, defaults=None):
                 handlers = {}
                 fixups = [] #for inter-handler references
                 for hand in hlist:
+                    try:
                         sectname = "handler_%s" % hand
                         klass = cp.get(sectname, "class")
                         opts = cp.options(sectname)
@@ -123,6 +124,8 @@ def fileConfig(fname, defaults=None):
                             if len(target): #the target handler may not be loaded yet, so keep for later...
                                 fixups.append((h, target))
                         handlers[hand] = h
+                    except:     #if an error occurs when instantiating a handler, too bad
+                        pass    #this could happen e.g. because of lack of privileges
                 #now all handlers are loaded, fixup inter-handler references...
                 for fixup in fixups:
                     h = fixup[0]