--- libinit.c
+++ libinit.c	2011-03-03 13:45:42.976427260 +0000
@@ -669,6 +669,7 @@ int pidof (const char * inname, const ch
     boolean isscrpt = false;
     unsigned num = 0;
     pid_t pid;
+    uid_t uid;
     char *swapname = NULL;
     char *fullname = (char *)inname;
     char *realname = NULL;
@@ -677,6 +678,7 @@ int pidof (const char * inname, const ch
 
     p_pid  = getpid();
     p_ppid = getppid();
+    uid    = getuid();
 
     dir = openproc();		/* Open /proc and maybe do mount before */
     p_pppid = getpppid(p_ppid); /* Requires existence of /proc */
@@ -773,6 +775,13 @@ int pidof (const char * inname, const ch
 
 	    if (prefix) {
 		if ((rll = readlinkat(dfd, here(d->d_name, "exe"), entry, PATH_MAX)) < 0) {
+		    if (uid && (errno == EACCES || errno == EPERM)) {
+			errno = 0;
+			if (fstatat(dfd, d->d_name, &pid_st, 0) < 0)
+			    continue;
+			if (pid_st.st_uid == uid)
+			    goto risky;
+		    }
 		    if (errno != EPERM && errno != EACCES)
 			goto risky;
 		    continue;
@@ -809,6 +818,13 @@ int pidof (const char * inname, const ch
 
 		    if (!name) {
 			if ((rll = readlinkat(dfd, here(d->d_name, "exe"), entry, PATH_MAX)) < 0) {
+			    if (uid && (errno == EACCES || errno == EPERM)) {
+				errno = 0;
+				if (fstatat(dfd, d->d_name, &pid_st, 0) < 0)
+				    continue;
+				if (pid_st.st_uid == uid)
+				    goto risky;
+			    }
 			    if (errno != EPERM && errno != EACCES)
 				goto risky;
 			    continue;
@@ -825,7 +841,6 @@ int pidof (const char * inname, const ch
 		    if (realname && strncmp(realname, name, PATH_MAX) == 0)
 			found = true;
 
-
 		    break;
 	    }
 
@@ -942,12 +957,15 @@ int verify_pidfile (const char * pid_fil
     ssize_t cnt;
     boolean isscrpt = false;
     pid_t pid;
+    uid_t uid;
     char *swapname = NULL, *bufp;
     char *fullname = (char *)inname;
     char *realname = NULL;
     struct stat pid_st, full_st;
     char buf[BUFSIZ];
 
+    uid = getuid();
+
     if (!ignore) {
 	list_t *m, *n;
 	list_for_each_safe(m, n, &remember) {
@@ -1041,14 +1059,23 @@ int verify_pidfile (const char * pid_fil
     }
 
     errno = 0;
-    if (!(flags & (KTHREAD|KSHORT)) && !isscrpt &&
-	 (stat(proc(buf, "exe"), &pid_st) == 0)) {
-
+    if (!(flags & (KTHREAD|KSHORT)) && !isscrpt) {
 	char entry[PATH_MAX+1];
 	const char *name;
 	boolean found;
 	ssize_t rll;
 
+	if (stat(proc(buf, "exe"), &pid_st) < 0) {
+	    if (uid && (errno == EACCES || errno == EPERM)) {
+		errno = 0;
+		if (stat(proc(buf, ""), &pid_st) < 0)
+		    goto out;
+		if (pid_st.st_uid == uid)
+		    goto risky;
+	    }
+	    goto out;
+	}
+
 	if (pid_st.st_dev != full_st.st_dev)
 	    goto out;
 
@@ -1087,6 +1114,7 @@ int verify_pidfile (const char * pid_fil
 
 	goto out;
     }
+risky:
 
     if (errno && errno != ENOENT) {
 	warn("Can not read %s: %s\n", procbuf, strerror(errno));
@@ -1162,8 +1190,11 @@ int check_pids (const char * inname, con
     const char *pid;
     struct stat pid_st, full_st;
     list_t *m, *n;
+    uid_t uid;
     int fp;
 
+    uid = getuid();
+
     if (!fullname) {
 	warn("program or process name required\n");
 	return -1;
@@ -1228,13 +1259,22 @@ int check_pids (const char * inname, con
 
 	/* killproc and daemon/startproc should use the full path */
 	errno = 0;
-	if (!(flags & (KTHREAD|KSHORT)) && !isscrpt &&
-	     (stat(proc(pid, "exe"), &pid_st) == 0)) {
-
+	if (!(flags & (KTHREAD|KSHORT)) && !isscrpt) {
 	    char entry[PATH_MAX+1];
 	    const char *name;
 	    ssize_t rll;
 
+	    if (stat(proc(pid, "exe"), &pid_st) < 0) {
+		if (uid && (errno == EACCES || errno == EPERM)) {
+		    errno = 0;
+		    if (stat(proc(pid, ""), &pid_st) < 0)
+			goto ignore;
+		    if (pid_st.st_uid == uid)
+			goto risky;
+		}
+		goto ignore;
+	    }
+
 	    if (pid_st.st_dev != full_st.st_dev)
 		goto ignore;		/* Does not belong to rembered list */
 
@@ -1267,6 +1307,7 @@ int check_pids (const char * inname, con
 
 	    skip = true;		/* No stat entry check needed */
 	}
+risky:
 
 	if (!(flags & (KTHREAD|KSHORT)) &&  isscrpt &&
 	    (fp = open(proc(pid, "cmdline"), O_PROCMODE)) != -1) {