diff -ur globus_gsi_sysconfig-3.1.orig/library/globus_gsi_system_config.c globus_gsi_sysconfig-3.1/library/globus_gsi_system_config.c
--- globus_gsi_sysconfig-3.1.orig/library/globus_gsi_system_config.c	2010-02-15 02:21:00.000000000 +0100
+++ globus_gsi_sysconfig-3.1/library/globus_gsi_system_config.c	2011-03-29 12:46:04.252615646 +0200
@@ -4724,17 +4724,6 @@
      */
     RAND_add((void*)&stx,sizeof(stx),2);
 
-#ifndef TARGET_ARCH_CYGWIN
-    if (stx.st_size == 0)
-    {
-        GLOBUS_GSI_SYSCONFIG_ERROR_RESULT(
-            result,
-            GLOBUS_GSI_SYSCONFIG_ERROR_FILE_ZERO_LENGTH,
-            (_GSSL("File: %s"), filename));            
-        goto exit;
-    }
-#endif
-
     if(!(stx.st_mode & S_IFDIR))
     { 
         GLOBUS_GSI_SYSCONFIG_ERROR_RESULT(