diff -urN proftpd-1.2.10rc1.orig/src/log.c proftpd-1.2.10rc1/src/log.c
--- proftpd-1.2.10rc1.orig/src/log.c	2004-04-20 11:05:41.000000000 +0900
+++ proftpd-1.2.10rc1/src/log.c	2004-05-07 10:27:28.216137000 +0900
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@
 
 #else /* Non-SVR4 systems */
 
+#if !(defined(SOLARIS2_8) || defined(SOLARIS2_9))
+  /* Solaris 8 or later doesn't have wtmp */
   if (fd < 0 &&
       (fd = open(WTMP_FILE, O_WRONLY|O_APPEND, 0)) < 0) {
     pr_log_pri(PR_LOG_WARNING, "wtmp %s: %s", WTMP_FILE, strerror(errno));
@@ -165,6 +167,7 @@
     pr_log_debug(DEBUG0, "%s fstat(): %s",WTMP_FILE,strerror(errno));
     res = -1;
   }
+#endif /* SOLARIS2_8 */
 #endif /* SVR4 */
 
   return res;