PLEASE NOTE: "comsat" is missing from the component list on the bugzilla web page. Syslog contains the following message: Sep 17 01:34:30 ns comsat[700]: chdir: /var/mail: No such file or directory in.comsat is built looking for mail in /var/mail even though _PATH_MAIL is correctly set in paths.h. How is that possible? Symlink or rebuild fixes this problem. After either fix, syslog then contained the following message" Sep 17 19:23:39 ns comsat[3040]: '/' in "/dev/pts/0" comsat.c is coded to not allow slashes '/' in the tty name. It is commented in the code as a security concern. Removing this security check resolves the problem. Does it really create a security hole?
Try comsat-0.15-1 from Raw Hide. I believe both of these problems are fixed there. If I'm wrong, please reopen this bug.