diff -Naur shadow-4.0.13.orig/lib/getdef.c shadow-4.0.13/lib/getdef.c
--- shadow-4.0.13.orig/lib/getdef.c	2005-08-31 19:24:56.000000000 +0200
+++ shadow-4.0.13/lib/getdef.c	2005-10-25 16:54:22.000000000 +0200
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@
 		 _
 		 ("configuration error - unknown item '%s' (notify administrator)\n"),
 		 name);
-	SYSLOG ((LOG_CRIT, "unknown configuration item `%s'", name));
+	SYSLOG ((LOG_CRIT, _("unknown configuration item `%s'"), name));
 	return (struct itemdef *) NULL;
 }
 
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@
 	 * Open the configuration definitions file.
 	 */
 	if ((fp = fopen (def_fname, "r")) == NULL) {
+		fprintf (stderr, _("cannot open login definitions %s\n"), def_fname);
 		SYSLOG ((LOG_CRIT, "cannot open login definitions %s [%m]",
 			 def_fname));
 		exit (1);
@@ -365,6 +366,7 @@
 	}
 
 	if (ferror (fp)) {
+		fprintf (stderr,  _("cannot read login definitions %s\n"), def_fname);
 		SYSLOG ((LOG_CRIT, "cannot read login definitions %s [%m]",
 			 def_fname));
 		exit (1);
diff -Naur shadow-4.0.13.orig/src/su.c shadow-4.0.13/src/su.c
--- shadow-4.0.13.orig/src/su.c	2005-09-15 18:44:13.000000000 +0200
+++ shadow-4.0.13/src/su.c	2005-10-25 16:57:11.000000000 +0200
@@ -549,6 +549,7 @@
 			spwd = pwd_to_spwd (&pwent);
 
 		if (isexpired (&pwent, spwd)) {
+			fprintf (stderr, ("Expired account %s\n"), name);
 			SYSLOG ((pwent.pw_uid ? LOG_WARN : LOG_CRIT,
 				 "Expired account %s", name));
 			su_failure (tty);