diff --git a/aaa_base.changes b/aaa_base.changes
index 2a8df18..13090e9 100644
--- a/aaa_base.changes
+++ b/aaa_base.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Mar  9 17:21:41 CET 2009 - ro@suse.de
+
+- touch and chmod some files only if they do not exist before
+  leave them alone otherwise
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Mar  4 11:30:08 CET 2009 - meissner@suse.de
 
diff --git a/aaa_base.post b/aaa_base.post
index 745721d..9ee498d 100644
--- a/aaa_base.post
+++ b/aaa_base.post
@@ -166,17 +166,25 @@ touch etc/mtab
 if test ! -d var/log ; then
     mkdir -p var/log
 fi
-touch var/log/faillog
-chmod 600 var/log/faillog
-touch root/.bash_history
-chmod 600 root/.bash_history
-chown root:root var/log/faillog
-touch var/log/lastlog
-chmod 644 var/log/lastlog
-chown root:tty var/log/lastlog
-touch var/log/wtmp
-chmod 664 var/log/wtmp
-chown root:tty var/log/wtmp
+if test ! -e var/log/faillog ; then
+    touch var/log/faillog
+    chmod 600 var/log/faillog
+    chown root:root var/log/faillog
+fi
+if test ! -e root/.bash_history ; then
+    touch root/.bash_history
+    chmod 600 root/.bash_history
+fi
+if test ! -e var/log/lastlog ; then
+    touch var/log/lastlog
+    chmod 644 var/log/lastlog
+    chown root:tty var/log/lastlog
+fi
+if test ! -e var/log/wtmp ; then
+    touch var/log/wtmp
+    chmod 664 var/log/wtmp
+    chown root:tty var/log/wtmp
+fi
 if test -e usr/sbin/usrdel.local -a ! -e usr/sbin/userdel.local ; then
     cp usr/sbin/usrdel.local usr/sbin/userdel.local
 fi
diff --git a/aaa_base.spec b/aaa_base.spec
index 5fb4c32..02e837c 100644
--- a/aaa_base.spec
+++ b/aaa_base.spec
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Recommends:     cron logrotate
 PreReq:         /usr/bin/sed /usr/bin/grep /bin/mv /bin/cat /bin/ls /bin/date /usr/bin/cmp /bin/fillup /sbin/insserv udev net-tools
 AutoReqProv:    on
 Version:        11.2
-Release:        14
+Release:        15
 Summary:        SUSE Linux Base Package
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 Source:         aaa_base.tar.bz2
@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ rm -f /root/.gnupg/secring.gpg.aaa_save
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Mar 09 2009 ro@suse.de
+- touch and chmod some files only if they do not exist before
+  leave them alone otherwise
 * Wed Mar 04 2009 meissner@suse.de
 - MALLOC_CHECK_=3 (bnc#481582)
 * Mon Feb 23 2009 ro@suse.de