In article <200707031140.l63BeOUo028090@wheel.duzan.org>,
Gary Duzan  <gary@duzan.org> wrote:
>   For a couple weeks I've been getting:
>
>utmp_update: /dev/ttyp?: Is not owned by you
>
>every time I open an xterm. ls shows:
>
>crw--w----  1 user  tty  5, ? Jul  3 07:32 /dev/ttyp?
>
>If I ssh into the box, the ownership is set properly.
>

What are the permissions of xterm, utmp_update?
Did you compile your kernel with COMPAT_BSDPTY?
ls -l /dev/ptm*

christos