diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
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+<?php
+$sConfigFile = 'config-itop.php';
+$sStartPage = './pages/UI.php';
+$sSetupPage = './setup/index.php';
+
+/**
+ * Check that the configuration file exists and has the appropriate access rights
+ * If the file does not exist, launch the configuration wizard to create it
+ */  
+if (file_exists($sConfigFile))
+{
+	if (!is_readable($sConfigFile))
+	{
+		echo "<p><b>Error</b>: Unable to read the configuration file: '$sConfigFile'. Please check the access rights on this file.</p>";
+	}
+	else if (is_writable($sConfigFile))
+	{
+		echo "<p><b>Security Warning</b>: the configuration file '$sConfigFile' should be read-only.</p>";
+		echo "<p>Please modify the access rights to this file.</p>";
+		echo "<p>Click <a href=\"$sStartPage\">here</a> to ignore this warning and continue to run iTop.</p>";
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		header("Location: $sStartPage");
+	}
+}
+else
+{
+	// Config file does not exist, need to run the setup wizard to create it
+	header("Location: $sSetupPage");
+}
+?>