--- mingetty.c.orig	2010-09-19 07:51:59.000000000 +0000
+++ mingetty.c.orig	2010-09-19 08:00:09.000000000 +0000
@@ -431,12 +431,20 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
 		while ((logname = get_logname ()) == 0)
 			/* do nothing */ ;
 
-	if (ch_root)
-		chroot (ch_root);
-	if (ch_dir)
-		chdir (ch_dir);
-	if (priority)
-		nice (priority);
+	if (ch_root) {
+		if (chroot (ch_root))
+			error ("chroot(): %s", strerror (errno));
+		if (chdir("/"))
+			error ("chdir(\"/\"): %s", strerror (errno));
+	}
+	if (ch_dir) {
+		if (chdir (ch_dir))
+			error ("chdir(): %s", strerror (errno));
+	}
+	if (priority) {
+		if (nice (priority))
+			error ("nice(): %s", strerror (errno));
+	}
 
 	execl (loginprog, loginprog, autologin? "-f" : "--", logname, NULL);
 	error ("%s: can't exec %s: %s", tty, loginprog, strerror (errno));