diff -ru sysvinit-2.86/src/killall5.c sysvinit-2.86-fixed/src/killall5.c
--- sysvinit-2.86/src/killall5.c	2005-12-20 15:02:01.000000000 -0500
+++ sysvinit-2.86-fixed/src/killall5.c	2005-12-20 15:01:35.000000000 -0500
@@ -51,9 +51,8 @@
 	char *argv0base;	/* `basename argv[1]`		  */
 	char *argv1;		/* Name as found out from argv[1] */
 	char *argv1base;	/* `basename argv[1]`		  */
+	char *pathname;		/* full path to executable	  */
 	char *statname;		/* the statname without braces    */
-	ino_t ino;		/* Inode number			  */
-	dev_t dev;		/* Device it is on		  */
 	pid_t pid;		/* Process ID.			  */
 	int sid;		/* Session ID.			  */
 	int kernel;		/* Kernel thread or zombie.	  */
@@ -172,7 +171,6 @@
 	FILE		*fp;
 	PROC		*p, *n;
 	struct dirent	*d;
-	struct stat	st;
 	char		path[256];
 	char		buf[256];
 	char		*s, *q;
@@ -191,6 +189,8 @@
 		n = p->next;
 		if (p->argv0) free(p->argv0);
 		if (p->argv1) free(p->argv1);
+		if (p->pathname) free(p->pathname);
+		if (p->statname) free(p->statname);
 		free(p);
 	}
 	plist = NULL;
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@
 				p->sid = 0;
 				nsyslog(LOG_ERR, "can't read sid from %s\n",
 					path);
+				if (p->statname) free(p->statname);
 				free(p);
 				continue;
 			}
@@ -300,15 +301,18 @@
 
 		} else {
 			/* Process disappeared.. */
+			if (p->statname) free(p->statname);
 			free(p);
 			continue;
 		}
 
 		/* Try to stat the executable. */
 		snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "/proc/%s/exe", d->d_name);
-		if (stat(path, &st) == 0) {
-			p->dev = st.st_dev;
-			p->ino = st.st_ino;
+		p->pathname = (char *)xmalloc(PATH_MAX);
+		if (readlink(path, p->pathname, PATH_MAX) == -1) {
+			p->pathname = NULL;
+		} else {
+			p->pathname[PATH_MAX-1] = '\0';
 		}
 
 		/* Link it into the list. */
@@ -372,14 +376,14 @@
 {
 	PROC		*p;
 	PIDQ_HEAD	*q;
-	struct stat	st;
 	char		*s;
 	int		dostat = 0;
 	int		foundone = 0;
 	int		ok = 0;
+	char		*real_path;
 
 	/* Try to stat the executable. */
-	if (prog[0] == '/' && stat(prog, &st) == 0) dostat++;
+	if (prog[0] == '/' && (real_path = canonicalize_file_name(prog))) dostat++;
 
 	/* Get basename of program. */
 	if ((s = strrchr(prog, '/')) == NULL)
@@ -390,10 +394,10 @@
 	q = (PIDQ_HEAD *)xmalloc(sizeof(PIDQ_HEAD));
 	q = init_pid_q(q);
 
-	/* First try to find a match based on dev/ino pair. */
+	/* First try to find a match based on pathname. */
 	if (dostat) {
 		for (p = plist; p; p = p->next) {
-			if (p->dev == st.st_dev && p->ino == st.st_ino) {
+			if (p->pathname && strcmp(real_path, p->pathname) == 0) {
 				add_pid_to_q(q, p);
 				foundone++;
 			}
@@ -408,11 +412,14 @@
 		ok += (p->argv0 && strcmp(p->argv0, prog) == 0);
 		ok += (p->argv0 && strcmp(p->argv0base, s) == 0);
 
+		if (prog[0] == '/' && p->pathname && strcmp(prog, p->pathname))
+			ok = 0;
+		
 		/* For scripts, compare argv[1] as well. */
 		if (scripts_too && p->argv1 &&
 		    !strncmp(p->statname, p->argv1base, STATNAMELEN)) {
 			ok += (strcmp(p->argv1, prog) == 0);
-			ok += (strcmp(p->argv1base, s) == 0);
+			if (prog[0] != '/') ok += (strcmp(p->argv1base, s) == 0);
 		}

 		/*