diff -ur aterm-0.3.6.orig/src/command.c aterm-0.3.6/src/command.c
--- aterm-0.3.6.orig/src/command.c	Mon May 10 12:44:15 1999
+++ aterm-0.3.6/src/command.c	Fri Jul 16 15:13:45 1999
@@ -423,9 +423,8 @@
     signal(sig, SIG_DFL);
 
 #ifdef UTMP_SUPPORT
-    privileges(RESTORE);
-    cleanutent();
-    privileges(IGNORE);
+      if (!(Options & Opt_utmpInhibit))
+	removeFromUtmp();
 #endif
 
     kill(getpid(), sig);
@@ -450,7 +449,8 @@
     chown(ttydev, ttyfd_stat.st_uid, ttyfd_stat.st_gid);
 #endif
 #ifdef UTMP_SUPPORT
-    cleanutent();
+      if (!(Options & Opt_utmpInhibit))
+	removeFromUtmp();
 #endif
     privileges(IGNORE);
 }
@@ -1054,10 +1054,8 @@
 	exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 #ifdef UTMP_SUPPORT
-    privileges(RESTORE);
     if (!(Options & Opt_utmpInhibit))
-	makeutent(ttydev, display_name);	/* stamp /etc/utmp */
-    privileges(IGNORE);
+	addToUtmp(ttydev, display_name, ptyfd);
 #endif
 
     return ptyfd;