diff -urN util-linux-2.11d.org/login-utils/login.c util-linux-2.11d/login-utils/login.c
--- util-linux-2.11d.org/login-utils/login.c	Sun May 20 22:27:44 2001
+++ util-linux-2.11d/login-utils/login.c	Sun Jun  3 21:49:55 2001
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
 
 #define SLEEP_EXIT_TIMEOUT 5
 
-#ifdef __linux__
+#ifndef __linux__
 #define DO_PS_FIDDLING
 #endif
 
@@ -515,8 +515,6 @@
 	tcsetattr(0,TCSAFLUSH,&tt);
     }
 
-    openlog("login", LOG_ODELAY, LOG_AUTHPRIV);
-
 #if 0
     /* other than iso-8859-1 */
     printf("\033(K");
@@ -646,8 +644,12 @@
     retcode = pam_setcred(pamh, PAM_ESTABLISH_CRED);
     PAM_FAIL_CHECK;
 
+    openlog("login", LOG_ODELAY, LOG_AUTHPRIV);
+
 #else /* ! USE_PAM */
 
+    openlog("login", LOG_ODELAY, LOG_AUTHPRIV);
+
     for (cnt = 0;; ask = 1) {
 #  ifndef __linux__
 	ioctlval = 0;
@@ -866,7 +868,9 @@
 	/* If we can't find a pre-existing entry by pid, try by line.
 	   BSD network daemons may rely on this. (anonymous) */
 	if (utp == NULL) {
-	     setutent();
+	    endutent(); 
+	    setutent();
+	    memset(&ut, 0, sizeof(ut));
 	     ut.ut_type = LOGIN_PROCESS;
 	     strncpy(ut.ut_id, tty_number, sizeof(ut.ut_id));
 	     strncpy(ut.ut_line, tty_name, sizeof(ut.ut_line));
@@ -1103,6 +1107,8 @@
 #endif
     signal(SIGINT, SIG_DFL);
     
+    openlog("login", LOG_ODELAY, LOG_AUTHPRIV);
+
     /* discard permissions last so can't get killed and drop core */
     if(setuid(pwd->pw_uid) < 0 && pwd->pw_uid) {
 	syslog(LOG_ALERT, _("setuid() failed"));