Description of Problem:
a telnet session (pts/1) will overwrite console session (tty1) in utmp AND visa 
versa

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
telnet-0.17-18.1 

How Reproducible:
every time.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. login to console tty1
2. telnet into server (pts/0)
3. telnet again (pts/1)
4. who

Actual Results:
USER     TTY      FROM              LOGIN@   IDLE   JCPU   PCPU  WHAT
user    pts/1    workstation          4:14pm  0.00s  0.02s  0.01s  w


Expected Results:
USER     TTY      FROM              LOGIN@   IDLE   JCPU   PCPU  WHAT
root     tty1     -                 4:07pm  6:25   0.02s  0.01s  -ksh
user    pts/1    workstation          4:14pm  0.00s  0.02s  0.01s  w


Additional Information:
i'm a newbie. be kind if this is a duplicate. i searched the archives.	
kernel - 2.4.9-34
telnet-0.17-18.1  i'm not sure that this is the culprit.
util-linux-2.11f-17.7.2

ssh works fine. only telnet is affected.

Thanks
Enzo