diff --git a/etc/newsyslog.conf b/etc/newsyslog.conf
index 6815dd3b32b1..99fa1d3afcd7 100644
--- a/etc/newsyslog.conf
+++ b/etc/newsyslog.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$NetBSD: newsyslog.conf,v 1.19 2005/06/05 07:33:17 he Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: newsyslog.conf,v 1.20 2005/07/11 08:41:40 lukem Exp $
 #
 # Configuration file for newsyslog(8).
 #
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@
 /var/log/lpd-errs			640  7    100  *    Z
 /var/log/maillog			600  7    *    24   Z
 /var/log/messages			644  10   250  *    Z
-/var/log/wtmp		root:utmp	644  7    *    168  ZBN
-/var/log/wtmpx		root:utmp	644  7    *    168  ZBN
+/var/log/wtmp		root:utmp	664  7    *    168  ZBN
+/var/log/wtmpx		root:utmp	664  7    *    168  ZBN
 /var/log/xferlog			640  7    250  *    Z