From bc01117ce0148ba819ce769ba9f61521e87f5ec9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christian Grothoff <christian@grothoff.org>
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2020 18:43:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix #6158

---
 src/util/strings.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/util/strings.c b/src/util/strings.c
index 8740eab58..e8d411ea5 100644
--- a/src/util/strings.c
+++ b/src/util/strings.c
@@ -1186,7 +1186,7 @@ GNUNET_STRINGS_check_filename (const char *filename,
             & (GNUNET_STRINGS_CHECK_EXISTS | GNUNET_STRINGS_CHECK_IS_DIRECTORY
                | GNUNET_STRINGS_CHECK_IS_LINK)))
   {
-    if (0 != stat (filename, &st))
+    if (0 != lstat (filename, &st))
     {
       if (0 != (checks & GNUNET_STRINGS_CHECK_EXISTS))
         return GNUNET_NO;
-- 
2.25.1