diff -up Linux-PAM-0.99.8.1/libpam/pam_audit.c.no-log Linux-PAM-0.99.8.1/libpam/pam_audit.c

--- Linux-PAM-0.99.8.1/libpam/pam_audit.c.no-log	2007-07-18 10:53:35.000000000 +0200

+++ Linux-PAM-0.99.8.1/libpam/pam_audit.c	2007-08-13 10:59:40.000000000 +0200

@@ -42,18 +42,17 @@ _pam_audit_writelog(pam_handle_t *pamh, 

      best to fix it. */

   errno = -rc;

-  if (rc < 0 && errno != old_errno)

-    {

-      old_errno = errno;

-      pam_syslog (pamh, LOG_CRIT, "audit_log_acct_message() failed: %m");

-    }

-

   pamh->audit_state |= PAMAUDIT_LOGGED;

-  if (rc == -EPERM && getuid () != 0)

-    return 0;

-  else

-    return rc;

+  if (rc < 0) {

+      if (rc == -EPERM && getuid() != 0)

+          return 0;

+      if (errno != old_errno) {

+          old_errno = errno;

+          pam_syslog (pamh, LOG_CRIT, "audit_log_acct_message() failed: %m");

+      }

+  }

+  return rc;

 }

 int