diff -up mgetty-1.1.36/policy.h.sendmail_path mgetty-1.1.36/policy.h
--- mgetty-1.1.36/policy.h.sendmail_path 2008-10-09 22:56:56.000000000 +0200
+++ mgetty-1.1.36/policy.h 2008-10-09 22:56:56.000000000 +0200
@@ -578,8 +578,12 @@
# endif
#endif
+#ifdef linux
+# define MAILER "/usr/sbin/sendmail"
+# define NEED_MAIL_HEADERS
+#endif
#ifndef MAILER
-# define MAILER "/usr/lib/sendmail"
+# define MAILER "/usr/sbin/sendmail"
# define NEED_MAIL_HEADERS
#endif