diff -up Linux-PAM-0.99.8.1/modules/pam_namespace/pam_namespace.c.ns-init Linux-PAM-0.99.8.1/modules/pam_namespace/pam_namespace.c
--- Linux-PAM-0.99.8.1/modules/pam_namespace/pam_namespace.c.ns-init	2007-08-06 13:57:56.000000000 +0200
+++ Linux-PAM-0.99.8.1/modules/pam_namespace/pam_namespace.c	2007-08-06 14:06:52.000000000 +0200
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ static int poly_name(const struct polydi
 	    hash = NULL;
         } else {
     	    char *newname;
-    	    if (asprintf(&newname, "%.*s_%s", NAMESPACE_MAX_DIR_LEN-1-strlen(hash),
+    	    if (asprintf(&newname, "%.*s_%s", NAMESPACE_MAX_DIR_LEN-1-(int)strlen(hash),
     		*i_name, hash) < 0) {
     		goto fail;
     	    }
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ static int check_inst_parent(char *ipath
 * directory as arguments.
 */
 static int inst_init(const struct polydir_s *polyptr, const char *ipath,
-	   struct instance_data *idata)
+	   struct instance_data *idata, int newdir)
 {
 	pid_t rc, pid;
 	sighandler_t osighand = NULL;
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ static int inst_init(const struct polydi
 				}
 #endif
 				if (execl(NAMESPACE_INIT_SCRIPT, NAMESPACE_INIT_SCRIPT,
-							polyptr->dir, ipath, (char *)NULL) < 0)
+					polyptr->dir, ipath, newdir?"1":"0", idata->user, (char *)NULL) < 0)
 					exit(1);
 			} else if (pid > 0) {
 				while (((rc = waitpid(pid, &status, 0)) == (pid_t)-1) &&
@@ -831,6 +831,7 @@ static int create_dirs(struct polydir_s 
 {
 	struct stat statbuf, newstatbuf;
 	int rc, fd;
+	int newdir = 0;
 
     /*
      * stat the directory to polyinstantiate, so its owner-group-mode
@@ -884,6 +885,7 @@ static int create_dirs(struct polydir_s 
         }
     }
 
+    newdir = 1;
     /* Open a descriptor to it to prevent races */
     fd = open(ipath, O_DIRECTORY | O_RDONLY);
     if (fd < 0) {
@@ -948,7 +950,7 @@ static int create_dirs(struct polydir_s 
      */
 
 inst_init:
-	rc = inst_init(polyptr, ipath, idata);
+    rc = inst_init(polyptr, ipath, idata, newdir);
     return rc;
 }
 
@@ -981,7 +983,7 @@ static int ns_setup(struct polydir_s *po
             return PAM_SESSION_ERR;
 	}
 	/* we must call inst_init after the mount in this case */
-	return inst_init(polyptr, "tmpfs", idata);
+	return inst_init(polyptr, "tmpfs", idata, 1);
     }
 
     /*
diff -up Linux-PAM-0.99.8.1/modules/pam_namespace/pam_namespace.8.xml.ns-init Linux-PAM-0.99.8.1/modules/pam_namespace/pam_namespace.8.xml
--- Linux-PAM-0.99.8.1/modules/pam_namespace/pam_namespace.8.xml.ns-init	2007-06-18 12:46:47.000000000 +0200
+++ Linux-PAM-0.99.8.1/modules/pam_namespace/pam_namespace.8.xml	2007-08-06 13:57:56.000000000 +0200
@@ -60,7 +60,9 @@
       script <filename>/etc/security/namespace.init</filename> exists, it
       is used to initialize the namespace every time a new instance
       directory is setup. The script receives the polyinstantiated
-      directory path and the instance directory path as its arguments.
+      directory path, the instance directory path, flag whether the instance
+      directory was newly created (0 for no, 1 for yes), and the user name
+      as its arguments.
     </para>
 
     <para>
diff -up Linux-PAM-0.99.8.1/modules/pam_namespace/namespace.init.ns-init Linux-PAM-0.99.8.1/modules/pam_namespace/namespace.init
--- Linux-PAM-0.99.8.1/modules/pam_namespace/namespace.init.ns-init	2007-06-18 12:46:47.000000000 +0200
+++ Linux-PAM-0.99.8.1/modules/pam_namespace/namespace.init	2007-08-06 13:57:56.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh -p
 # This is only a boilerplate for the instance initialization script.
-# It receives polydir path as $1 and the instance path as $2.
+# It receives polydir path as $1, the instance path as $2, 
+# a flag whether the instance dir was newly created (0 - no, 1 - yes) in $3,
+# and user name in $4.
 #
 # If you intend to polyinstantiate /tmp and you also want to use the X windows
 # environment, you will have to use this script to bind mount the socket that