diff -urN netacct-mysql-0.75/src/config.c netacct-mysql-0.75pl2/src/config.c
--- netacct-mysql-0.75/src/config.c	Sat Sep 28 19:25:17 2002
+++ netacct-mysql-0.75pl2/src/config.c	Wed Oct 16 08:44:14 2002
@@ -509,17 +509,6 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-    if(cfg->filename == NULL)
-	{
-	    syslog(LOG_ERR, "config file: no filename given\n");
-	    return NULL;
-	}
-
-    if(cfg->dumpname == NULL)
-	{
-	    syslog(LOG_ERR, "config file: no dumpfile given\n");
-	    return NULL;
-	}
 #ifdef linux
 
     if(cfg->headers == NULL)
diff -urN netacct-mysql-0.75/src/process.c netacct-mysql-0.75pl2/src/process.c
--- netacct-mysql-0.75/src/process.c	Sat Sep 28 19:25:17 2002
+++ netacct-mysql-0.75pl2/src/process.c	Wed Oct 16 08:44:55 2002
@@ -396,9 +396,6 @@
 
     DEBUG(DBG_STATE, sprintf(dbg, "write child: synchronized with parent\n"));
 
-    sprintf(tmpn, "/tmp/nacctd.write.%d", (int) getpid());
-    creat(tmpn, S_IRUSR);
-
     openlog("nacctd (write)", 0, LOG_DAEMON);
 
     DEBUG(DBG_STATE, sprintf(dbg, "* write process %d forked\n", (int) getpid()));
@@ -430,8 +427,6 @@
 
     /* Here goes the child */
 
-    sprintf(tmpn, "/tmp/nacctd.dump.%d", (int) getpid());
-    creat(tmpn, S_IRUSR);
 
     openlog("nacctd (dump)", 0, LOG_DAEMON);