openssh / utmp syslog messages

[Mike Cappella <lists-general%cappella.us@localhost>]

Hi folks,

question.

Since installing openssh-5.2.1 from pkgsrc on a 4.0.1 system, I've been 
receiving the following in my secure.log:

Aug 27 20:47:10 glacier sshd[13159]: utmp_write_direct: tty not found
Aug 27 20:47:10 glacier sshd[13159]: utmp_perform_login: 
utmp_write_direct() failed

The source code for loginrec.c shows iteration over /etc/ttys, via 
getttyent():

#if defined(HAVE_GETTTYENT)
        struct ttyent *ty;

        tty=0;
        setttyent();
        while (NULL != (ty = getttyent())) {
                tty++;
                if (!strncmp(ty->ty_name, ut->ut_line, 
sizeof(ut->ut_line)))
                        break;
        }
        endttyent();

        if (NULL == ty) {
                logit("%s: tty not found", __func__);
                return (0);
        }
#else /* FIXME */


Since /etc/ttys has not pty entries, each ssh login and logout causes 
the syslog entries.

Since I find relevant references via google, I've presuming this was  a 
config issue on my end.  Now, I'm not so sure.  Is anyone else seeing this?

If so, perhaps openssh should be configured with --disable-utmp ?

Thanks in advance,
--
     Mike