-diff -ur proftpd-1.2.0rc2.orig/src/log.c proftpd-1.2.0rc2/src/log.c
---- proftpd-1.2.0rc2.orig/src/log.c Wed Jul 26 13:03:17 2000
-+++ proftpd-1.2.0rc2/src/log.c Sun Aug 20 01:07:51 2000
-@@ -530,93 +530,96 @@
- int log_wtmp(char *line, char *name, char *host, p_in_addr_t *ip)
- {
- struct stat buf;
-- struct utmp ut;
- int res = 0;
-- static int fd = -1;
--
--#if defined(SVR4) || defined(__SVR4)
--#if !(defined(LINUX) || defined(__hpux) || defined (_AIX))
-- /* This "auxilliary" utmp doesn't exist under linux. */
-- struct utmpx utx;
- static int fdx = -1;
-+ static int fd = -1;
+diff -ruNp proftpd-1.3.5.orig/src/wtmp.c proftpd-1.3.5/src/wtmp.c
+--- proftpd-1.3.5.orig/src/wtmp.c 2013-12-09 20:16:15.000000000 +0100
++++ proftpd-1.3.5/src/wtmp.c 2015-04-03 11:47:21.710554599 +0200
+@@ -136,11 +136,33 @@ int log_wtmp(const char *line, const cha
+ struct utmp ut;
+ static int fd = -1;
-- if(fdx < 0 && (fdx = open(WTMPX_FILE, O_WRONLY | O_APPEND, 0)) < 0) {
-- log_pri(LOG_WARNING,"wtmpx %s: %s",WTMPX_FILE,strerror(errno));
-- return -1;
-- }
--
-- /* Unfortunately, utmp string fields are terminated by '\0' if they are
-- * shorter than the size of the field, but if they are exactly the size of
-- * the field they don't have to be terminated at all. Frankly, this sucks.
-- * Insane if you ask me. Unless there's massive uproar, I prefer to err on
-- * the side of caution and always null-terminate our strings.
-- */
-- if(fstat(fdx,&buf) == 0) {
-- memset(&utx,0,sizeof(utx));
-- sstrncpy(utx.ut_user,name,sizeof(utx.ut_user));
-- sstrncpy(utx.ut_id,"ftp",sizeof(utx.ut_user));
-- sstrncpy(utx.ut_line,line,sizeof(utx.ut_line));
-- sstrncpy(utx.ut_host,host,sizeof(utx.ut_host));
-- utx.ut_syslen = strlen(utx.ut_host)+1;
-- utx.ut_pid = getpid();
-- time(&utx.ut_tv.tv_sec);
-- if(*name)
-- utx.ut_type = USER_PROCESS;
-- else
-- utx.ut_type = DEAD_PROCESS;
-- utx.ut_exit.e_termination = 0;
-- utx.ut_exit.e_exit = 0;
-- if(write(fdx,(char*)&utx,sizeof(utx)) != sizeof(utx))
-- ftruncate(fdx, buf.st_size);
-- } else {
-- log_debug(DEBUG0,"%s fstat(): %s",WTMPX_FILE,strerror(errno));
-- res = -1;
-- }
-+ if (fdx >= 0 || access(_PATH_WTMP"x", F_OK) == 0) {
-+ struct utmpx utx;
-
-+ if(fdx < 0 && (fdx = open(_PATH_WTMP"x", O_WRONLY | O_APPEND, 0)) < 0) {
-+ log_pri(LOG_WARNING,"wtmpx %s: %s",_PATH_WTMP"x",strerror(errno));
++#if defined(HAVE_UTMPX_H)
++#if !defined(WTMPX_FILE) && defined(_PATH_WTMPX)
++# define WTMPX_FILE _PATH_WTMPX
++#endif
++ static char *wtmp_file = NULL;
++ if (wtmp_file == NULL) {
++ if (access(WTMPX_FILE"x", F_OK) == 0)
++ wtmp_file = WTMPX_FILE"x";
++ else if (access(WTMPX_FILE, F_OK) == 0)
++ wtmp_file = WTMPX_FILE;
++ else if (access(WTMP_FILE"x", F_OK) == 0)
++ wtmp_file = WTMP_FILE"x";
++ else if (access(WTMP_FILE, F_OK) == 0)
++ wtmp_file = WTMP_FILE;
++ else {
++ pr_log_pri(PR_LOG_WARNING, "cannot find "WTMPX_FILE);
+ return -1;
+ }
-+
-+ /* Unfortunately, utmp string fields are terminated by '\0' if they are
-+ * shorter than the size of the field, but if they are exactly the size of
-+ * the field they don't have to be terminated at all. Frankly, this sucks.
-+ * Insane if you ask me. Unless there's massive uproar, I prefer to err on
-+ * the side of caution and always null-terminate our strings.
-+ */
-+ if(fstat(fdx,&buf) == 0) {
-+ memset(&utx,0,sizeof(utx));
-+ if(name && *name)
-+ sstrncpy(utx.ut_user,name,sizeof(utx.ut_user));
-+ sstrncpy(utx.ut_id,"ftp",sizeof(utx.ut_id));
-+ sstrncpy(utx.ut_line,line,sizeof(utx.ut_line));
-+ if(host && *host)
-+ sstrncpy(utx.ut_host,host,sizeof(utx.ut_host));
-+#ifndef LINUX
-+ utx.ut_syslen = strlen(utx.ut_host)+1;
-+ utx.ut_exit.e_termination = 0;
-+ utx.ut_exit.e_exit = 0;
- #endif
--#endif /* SVR4 */
-+ utx.ut_pid = getpid();
-+ time(&utx.ut_tv.tv_sec);
-+ if(name && *name)
-+ utx.ut_type = USER_PROCESS;
-+ else
-+ utx.ut_type = DEAD_PROCESS;
-+ if(ip)
-+ memcpy(&utx.ut_addr,ip,sizeof(utx.ut_addr));
-+ if(write(fdx,(char*)&utx,sizeof(utx)) != sizeof(utx))
-+ ftruncate(fdx, buf.st_size);
-+ } else {
-+ log_debug(DEBUG0,"%s fstat(): %s",_PATH_WTMP"x",strerror(errno));
-+ res = -1;
-+ }
-+ } else {
-+ struct utmp ut;
++ }
++#else
++ static char *wtmp_file = WTMP_FILE;
++#endif
+ if (fd < 0 &&
+- (fd = open(WTMP_FILE, O_WRONLY|O_APPEND, 0)) < 0) {
++ (fd = open(wtmp_file, O_WRONLY|O_APPEND, 0)) < 0) {
+ int xerrno = errno;
-- if(fd < 0 && (fd = open(WTMP_FILE,O_WRONLY|O_APPEND,0)) < 0) {
-- log_pri(LOG_WARNING,"wtmp %s: %s",WTMP_FILE,strerror(errno));
-- return -1;
-- }
-+ if(fd < 0 && (fd = open(WTMP_FILE,O_WRONLY|O_APPEND,0)) < 0) {
-+ log_pri(LOG_WARNING,"wtmp %s: %s",WTMP_FILE,strerror(errno));
-+ return -1;
-+ }
-
-- if(fstat(fd,&buf) == 0) {
-- memset(&ut,0,sizeof(ut));
-+ if(fstat(fd,&buf) == 0) {
-+ memset(&ut,0,sizeof(ut));
- #ifdef HAVE_UTMAXTYPE
- #ifdef LINUX
-- if(ip)
-- memcpy(&ut.ut_addr,ip,sizeof(ut.ut_addr));
-+ if(ip)
-+ memcpy(&ut.ut_addr,ip,sizeof(ut.ut_addr));
- #else
-- sstrncpy(ut.ut_id,"ftp",sizeof(ut.ut_id));
-- ut.ut_exit.e_termination = 0;
-- ut.ut_exit.e_exit = 0;
-+ sstrncpy(ut.ut_id,"ftp",sizeof(ut.ut_id));
-+ ut.ut_exit.e_termination = 0;
-+ ut.ut_exit.e_exit = 0;
- #endif
-- sstrncpy(ut.ut_line,line,sizeof(ut.ut_line));
-- if(name && *name)
-- sstrncpy(ut.ut_user,name,sizeof(ut.ut_user));
-- ut.ut_pid = getpid();
-- if(name && *name)
-- ut.ut_type = USER_PROCESS;
-- else
-- ut.ut_type = DEAD_PROCESS;
-+ sstrncpy(ut.ut_line,line,sizeof(ut.ut_line));
-+ if(name && *name)
-+ sstrncpy(ut.ut_user,name,sizeof(ut.ut_user));
-+ ut.ut_pid = getpid();
-+ if(name && *name)
-+ ut.ut_type = USER_PROCESS;
-+ else
-+ ut.ut_type = DEAD_PROCESS;
- #else /* !HAVE_UTMAXTYPE */
-- sstrncpy(ut.ut_line,line,sizeof(ut.ut_line));
-- if(name && *name)
-- sstrncpy(ut.ut_name,name,sizeof(ut.ut_name));
-+ sstrncpy(ut.ut_line,line,sizeof(ut.ut_line));
-+ if(name && *name)
-+ sstrncpy(ut.ut_name,name,sizeof(ut.ut_name));
- #endif /* HAVE_UTMAXTYPE */
-
- #ifdef HAVE_UT_UT_HOST
-- if(host && *host)
-- sstrncpy(ut.ut_host,host,sizeof(ut.ut_host));
-+ if(host && *host)
-+ sstrncpy(ut.ut_host,host,sizeof(ut.ut_host));
- #endif /* HAVE_UT_UT_HOST */
-
-- time(&ut.ut_time);
-- if(write(fd,(char*)&ut,sizeof(ut)) != sizeof(ut))
-- ftruncate(fd,buf.st_size);
-- } else {
-- log_debug(DEBUG0,"%s fstat(): %s",WTMP_FILE,strerror(errno));
-- res = -1;
-+ time(&ut.ut_time);
-+ if(write(fd,(char*)&ut,sizeof(ut)) != sizeof(ut))
-+ ftruncate(fd,buf.st_size);
-+ } else {
-+ log_debug(DEBUG0,"%s fstat(): %s",WTMP_FILE,strerror(errno));
-+ res = -1;
-+ }
- }
+- pr_log_pri(PR_LOG_WARNING, "failed to open wtmp %s: %s", WTMP_FILE,
++ pr_log_pri(PR_LOG_WARNING, "failed to open wtmp %s: %s", wtmp_file,
+ strerror(xerrno));
- return res;
+ errno = xerrno;