1 files changed, 2 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/src/firejail/fs_hostname.c b/src/firejail/fs_hostname.c
index ac831f6b9..19af11dd8 100644
--- a/src/firejail/fs_hostname.c
+++ b/src/firejail/fs_hostname.c
@@ -136,12 +136,8 @@ char *fs_check_hosts_fiile(const char *fname) {
         if (is_link(rv))
                 goto errexit;
         
-        // file owned by the user
-        struct stat s;
-        if (stat(rv, &s) == -1)
-                goto errexit;
-        
-        if (s.st_uid != getuid())
+        // the user has read access to the file
+        if (access(rv, R_OK))
                 goto errexit;
 
         return rv;