login reporting (utmp?) problem on Linux

[Garrick James]

I have recently compiled and installed openssh-2.1.1p1 on a linux box. 
The login reporting does not seem to work properly.

When logging into the box via ssh (protocol 1) utmp shows the user logged
in and the tty properly, but the field for the login date/time and the
field for originating host contain all NULLs.

Is anyone else seeing this same behavior, or have I just done something
really stupid?

I will not be able to use openssh if it doesn't log to utmp properly.  :-(

Thanks,
Garrick James