diff -Nurp old/main.cpp new/main.cpp
--- old/main.cpp	2007-03-26 20:35:21.000000000 +0200
+++ new/main.cpp	2007-04-05 20:18:51.000000000 +0200
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ static struct option const long_options[
 };
 #endif
 
+static char finish_last_countfile_lock[]="/tmp/partimageXXXXXX.lock";
+static char finish_last_countfile[]="/tmp/partimageXXXXXX";
 static char optstring[]="z:oV:ecmdhf:s:p:bwg:vynSMa:iU:P:XB:";
 FILE * g_fDebug; // debug file
 FILE * g_fLocalDebug; // debug file
@@ -760,29 +762,41 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
       else if (options.dwFinish == FINISH_LAST)
 	{
 	  showDebug(1, "option FINISH_LAST\n");
-	  int nLockFile;
+	  int fd_lock, fd_countfile;
 	  FILE * nCountFile;
+	  FILE * nLockFile;
 	  char szValue[11];
 	  int nValue, nRetries;
 	  ssize_t nRes;
 
 	  nRetries = 5;
           do {
-	    nLockFile = open(FINISH_LAST_COUNTFILE_LOCK, O_CREAT|O_EXCL,
-               O_RDONLY);
-	    if (nLockFile == -1)
+	    if ((fd_lock = mkstemp(finish_last_countfile_lock)) == -1)
+	      {
+		delete g_interface;
+		fprintf(stderr, i18n("Error: Cannot create lock for countfile"));
+		return EXIT_FAILURE;
+	      }
+	    nLockFile = fdopen(fd_lock, "r");
+	    if (nLockFile == NULL)
 	      {
                 --nRetries;
 		sleep(2);
 	      }
-	  } while (nLockFile == -1 && nRetries);
+	  } while (nLockFile == NULL && nRetries);
 	  if (!nRetries)
 	    {
-    	      delete g_interface; 
+    	      delete g_interface;
 	      fprintf(stderr, i18n("Error: Cannot count remaining partimages"));
 	      return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 	    }
-          nCountFile = fopen(FINISH_LAST_COUNTFILE, "r");
+	  if ((fd_countfile = mkstemp(finish_last_countfile)) == -1)
+	    {
+	      delete g_interface;
+	      fprintf(stderr, i18n("Error: Cannot create countfile"));
+	      return EXIT_FAILURE;
+	    }
+          nCountFile = fdopen(fd_countfile, "r");
 	  if (nCountFile == NULL)
 	    {
     	      delete g_interface; 
@@ -795,9 +809,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	    { // we are the last running partimage -> shutdown
 	      delete g_interface; 
 	      fclose(nCountFile);
-	      close(nLockFile);
-	      unlink(FINISH_LAST_COUNTFILE_LOCK);
-	      unlink(FINISH_LAST_COUNTFILE);
+	      fclose(nLockFile);
+	      close(fd_lock);
+	      close(fd_countfile);
+	      unlink(finish_last_countfile_lock);
+	      unlink(finish_last_countfile);
 //	      nRes = system("/sbin/shutdown -r now");
 //              nRes = system("/sbin/reboot");
 // if we reach this point, it's because shutdown failed
@@ -808,7 +824,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	    {
               --nValue;
 	      fclose(nCountFile);
-              nCountFile = fopen(FINISH_LAST_COUNTFILE, "w");
+              nCountFile = fdopen(fd_countfile, "w");
 	      if (nCountFile == NULL)
 	        {
     	          delete g_interface; 
@@ -818,8 +834,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	        }
 	      fprintf(nCountFile, "%d\n", nValue);
 	      fclose(nCountFile);
-	      close(nLockFile);
-	      unlink(FINISH_LAST_COUNTFILE_LOCK);
+	      fclose(nLockFile);
+	      close(fd_lock);
+	      close(fd_countfile);
+	      unlink(finish_last_countfile_lock);
     	      delete g_interface; 
 	      return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 	    }
diff -Nurp old/partimage.h new/partimage.h
--- old/partimage.h	2007-03-26 20:35:21.000000000 +0200
+++ new/partimage.h	2007-03-26 20:37:45.000000000 +0200
@@ -152,9 +152,6 @@ extern bool g_bSigKill;
 #define FINISH_QUIT      3
 #define FINISH_LAST      4
 
-#define FINISH_LAST_COUNTFILE "/tmp/partimage.count"
-#define FINISH_LAST_COUNTFILE_LOCK "/tmp/partimage.count.lock"
-
 // ===================== MAGIC STRINGS  ============================
 #define MAGIC_BEGIN_LOCALHEADER	              "MAGIC-BEGIN-LOCALHEADER"
 #define MAGIC_BEGIN_DATABLOCKS                "MAGIC-BEGIN-DATABLOCKS"