--- Linux-PAM-0.99.3.0/modules/pam_tally/pam_tally.c.fail-close	2005-09-21 15:35:29.000000000 +0200
+++ Linux-PAM-0.99.3.0/modules/pam_tally/pam_tally.c	2006-05-04 13:31:59.000000000 +0200
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@
       }
       lstat_ret = fstat(fileno(*TALLY),&fileinfo);
       fclose(*TALLY);
+      *TALLY = NULL;
     }
 
     if ( lstat_ret ) {
@@ -348,6 +349,7 @@
     if ( fseek( *TALLY, uid * sizeof(struct faillog), SEEK_SET ) ) {
           pam_syslog(pamh, LOG_ALERT, "fseek failed for %s", filename);
           fclose(*TALLY);
+          *TALLY = NULL;
           return PAM_AUTH_ERR;
     }
 
@@ -394,6 +396,7 @@
       }
 
     if ( fclose(*TALLY) ) {
+      *TALLY = NULL;
       pam_syslog(pamh, LOG_ALERT, "update (fclose) failed for %s", filename);
       return PAM_AUTH_ERR;
     }