--- inn-1.7.2.orig/expire/fastrm.c
+++ inn-1.7.2/expire/fastrm.c
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@
     }
 
     if (AmRoot) {
-	if (stat(p, &sb) < 0) {
+	if (lstat(p, &sb) < 0) {
 	    if (errno != ENOENT) {
 		oerrno = errno;
 		(void)fprintf(stderr, "%s: stat %s ", MyName, p);
