diff -up netkit-rsh-0.17/rshd/rshd.c.rh448904 netkit-rsh-0.17/rshd/rshd.c
--- netkit-rsh-0.17/rshd/rshd.c.rh448904	2008-10-03 13:52:58.000000000 +0200
+++ netkit-rsh-0.17/rshd/rshd.c	2008-10-03 13:55:54.000000000 +0200
@@ -382,6 +382,7 @@ static int log_audit(const char *usernam
 			int success)
 {
 #ifdef USE_AUDIT
+	int err;
 	int audit_fd = audit_open();
 	if (audit_fd < 0) {
 		if (errno != EINVAL && errno != EPROTONOSUPPORT &&
@@ -391,8 +392,13 @@ static int log_audit(const char *usernam
 		int rc = audit_log_acct_message(audit_fd, AUDIT_USER_LOGIN,
 				NULL, "login", username, uid, hostname, NULL,
 				"rsh", success);
+		err = errno;
 		close(audit_fd);
-		if (rc <= 0) 
+		/*
+		 * ECONNREFUSED is returned when kernel is compiled without
+		 * audit support
+		 */
+		if (rc <= 0 && err != ECONNREFUSED) 
 			return 1;
 	}
 #endif