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