diff --git a/usr.sbin/rwalld/Makefile b/usr.sbin/rwalld/Makefile
index 1c82f15fa71e..eba8e9a038f0 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/rwalld/Makefile
+++ b/usr.sbin/rwalld/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # a makefile for /usr/sbin/rwalld
 #
-#	$Header: /cvsroot/src/usr.sbin/rwalld/Attic/Makefile,v 1.1 1993/04/04 19:01:05 cgd Exp $
+#	$Header: /cvsroot/src/usr.sbin/rwalld/Attic/Makefile,v 1.2 1993/04/10 17:59:27 cgd Exp $
 #
 
 PROG = rwalld
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ RPCCOM = rpcgen
 RPCDLOC= /usr/include
 RPCDESC= rpcsvc/rwall.x
 
-DPADD=	${LIBRPC}
-LDADD=	-lrpc
+DPADD=	${LIBRPC} ${LIBUTIL}
+LDADD=	-lrpc -lutil
 
 rwall_svc.c: ${RPCDLOC}/${RPCDESC}
 	@echo generating $@...
diff --git a/usr.sbin/rwalld/rwalld.c b/usr.sbin/rwalld/rwalld.c
index dbf561529b85..ec4462273ca8 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/rwalld/rwalld.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/rwalld/rwalld.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
  */
 
 #ifndef lint
-static char rcsid[] = "$Header: /cvsroot/src/usr.sbin/rwalld/Attic/rwalld.c,v 1.1 1993/04/04 19:01:06 cgd Exp $";
+static char rcsid[] = "$Header: /cvsroot/src/usr.sbin/rwalld/Attic/rwalld.c,v 1.2 1993/04/10 17:59:30 cgd Exp $";
 #endif
 
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -108,18 +108,7 @@ main(argc, argv)
 
 void possess()
 {
-	int nfds = getdtablesize();
-	int p = fork();
-
-	if (p < 0) {
-		perror("walld: couldn't fork");
-		exit(1);
-	} else if (p > 0) {
-		exit(0);
-	}
-
-	for (nfds--; nfds >= 0; nfds--)
-		close(nfds);
+	daemon(0, 0);
 }
 
 void killkids()