diff -ur sysvinit-2.78.orig/src/last.c sysvinit-2.78/src/last.c
--- sysvinit-2.78.orig/src/last.c	Wed Nov 24 13:24:53 1999
+++ sysvinit-2.78/src/last.c	Sat Sep  2 01:53:06 2000
@@ -36,6 +36,25 @@
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include "oldutmp.h"
 
+/*
+ *	Try to be smart about the location of the BTMP file
+ */
+#ifndef _PATH_BTMP
+#define _PATH_BTMP "/var/log/btmp"
+#define BTMP_FILE _PATH_BTMP
+#endif
+
+#define TRANSFORM_UTMP_FILE_NAME(file_name) \
+	 ((strcmp (file_name, _PATH_WTMP) == 0 \
+	   && access ( _PATH_WTMP "x", F_OK) == 0) ? (_PATH_WTMP "x") : \
+	  ((strcmp (file_name, _PATH_BTMP) == 0 \
+	    && access ( _PATH_BTMP "x", F_OK) == 0) ? (_PATH_BTMP "x") : \
+	    ((strcmp (file_name, _PATH_WTMP "x") == 0 \
+	      && access (_PATH_WTMP "x", F_OK) != 0) ? _PATH_WTMP : \
+	     ((strcmp (file_name, _PATH_BTMP "x") == 0 \
+	       && access (_PATH_BTMP "x", F_OK) != 0) ? _PATH_BTMP : \
+	      file_name))))
+
 #ifndef SHUTDOWN_TIME
 #  define SHUTDOWN_TIME 254
 #endif
@@ -233,27 +251,6 @@
 #endif
 
 /*
- *	Try to be smart about the location of the BTMP file
- */
-#ifndef BTMP_FILE
-#define BTMP_FILE getbtmp()
-char *getbtmp()
-{
-	static char btmp[128];
-	char *p;
-
-	strcpy(btmp, WTMP_FILE);
-	if ((p = strrchr(btmp, '/')) == NULL)
-		p = btmp;
-	else
-		p++;
-	*p = 0;
-	strcat(btmp, "btmp");
-	return btmp;
-}
-#endif
-
-/*
  *	Print a short date.
  */
 char *showdate()
@@ -344,6 +341,8 @@
 	utline[UT_LINESIZE - 1] = 0;
 	if (strncmp(utline, "ftp", 3) == 0 && isdigit(utline[3]))
 		utline[3] = 0;
+	if (strncmp(utline, "ftpd", 4) == 0 && isdigit(utline[4]))
+		utline[4] = 0;
 	if (strncmp(utline, "uucp", 4) == 0 && isdigit(utline[4]))
 		utline[4] = 0;
 
@@ -531,10 +530,10 @@
    *	Which file do we want to read?
    */
   if (strcmp(progname, "lastb") == 0) {
-	ufile = BTMP_FILE;
+	ufile = TRANSFORM_UTMP_FILE_NAME(BTMP_FILE);
 	lastb = 1;
   } else
-	ufile = WTMP_FILE;
+	ufile = TRANSFORM_UTMP_FILE_NAME(WTMP_FILE);
   if (altufile)
 	ufile = altufile;
   time(&lastdown);
diff -ur sysvinit-2.78.orig/src/utmp.c sysvinit-2.78/src/utmp.c
--- sysvinit-2.78.orig/src/utmp.c	Wed Jun  9 13:11:33 1999
+++ sysvinit-2.78/src/utmp.c	Sat Sep  2 01:30:44 2000
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@
 	 *	this if we have updwtmp() so we can see if the
 	 *	wtmp file is accessible.
 	 */
+#if !HAVE_UPDWTMP
 	if ((fd = open(WTMP_FILE, O_WRONLY|O_APPEND)) < 0) return;
+#endif
 
 #ifdef INIT_MAIN
 	/*
@@ -117,8 +119,10 @@
 	/*
 	 *	Can't do much if UTMP_FILE is not present.
 	 */
+#if !HAVE_UPDWTMP
 	if (access(UTMP_FILE, F_OK) < 0)
 		return;
+#endif
 
 #ifdef INIT_MAIN
 	/*