diff --git a/appl/telnet/telnetd/sys_term.c b/appl/telnet/telnetd/sys_term.c
index b451e7204..e73348615 100644
--- a/appl/telnet/telnetd/sys_term.c
+++ b/appl/telnet/telnetd/sys_term.c
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ static char Xline[] = "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0";
 char *line = Xline;
 
 #ifdef	_CRAY
-char *myline = "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0";
+char myline[] = "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0";
 #endif	/* CRAY */
 
 #ifndef HAVE_PTSNAME
@@ -1142,6 +1142,9 @@ startslave(char *host, int autologin, char *autoname)
 	strncpy(wtmp.ut_user,  "LOGIN", sizeof(wtmp.ut_user));
 	strncpy(wtmp.ut_host,  host, sizeof(wtmp.ut_host));
 	strncpy(wtmp.ut_line,  clean_ttyname(line), sizeof(wtmp.ut_line));
+#ifdef _CRAY /* XXX */
+	strncpy(wtmp.ut_id, wtmp.ut_line + 3, sizeof(wtmp.ut_id));
+#endif
 
 	pututline(&wtmp);
 	endutent();