--- vsftpd-2.0.5/parseconf.c.old 2006-12-05 12:19:48.000000000 +0100 +++ vsftpd-2.0.5/parseconf.c 2006-12-05 12:19:54.000000000 +0100 @@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ copy_string_settings(); } retval = str_fileread(&config_file_str, p_filename, VSFTP_CONF_FILE_MAX); - (int)str_stat(&config_file_str, &p_statbuf); + (int)vsf_sysutil_stat(p_filename, &p_statbuf); /* Security - die unless the conf file is owned by root */ if (vsf_sysutil_retval_is_error(retval) || vsf_sysutil_statbuf_get_uid(p_statbuf) != VSFTP_ROOT_UID) {