diff --git a/aaa_base.changes b/aaa_base.changes
index 0c3c7cd..46f2016 100644
--- a/aaa_base.changes
+++ b/aaa_base.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Nov 17 12:53:36 CET 2010 - ro@suse.de
+
+- fix postinstall to test for existence of /var/run/utmp
+  before trying to chgrp 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov 16 09:51:52 UTC 2010 - aj@suse.de
 
diff --git a/aaa_base.post b/aaa_base.post
index 814f376..551ebc2 100644
--- a/aaa_base.post
+++ b/aaa_base.post
@@ -169,7 +169,10 @@ if test ! -e /var/log/wtmp ; then
 fi
 # The group ownership of the following files has changed for openSUSE 11.4
 # update it:
-chgrp utmp /var/log/wtmp /var/log/lastlog /var/run/utmp
+chgrp utmp /var/log/wtmp /var/log/lastlog
+if test -e /var/run/utmp ; then
+    chgrp utmp /var/run/utmp
+fi
 
 if test -e /usr/sbin/usrdel.local -a ! -e /usr/sbin/userdel.local ; then
     cp /usr/sbin/usrdel.local /usr/sbin/userdel.local