diff --git a/unix/mbuseradd.c b/unix/mbuseradd.c
index b0c50594..c3d99df9 100644
--- a/unix/mbuseradd.c
+++ b/unix/mbuseradd.c
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@
 #include <syslog.h>
 #include <time.h>
 
+#if defined(__OpenBSD__)
+#include <sys/sysctl.h>
+#endif
+
 #include "xmalloc.h"
 #include "mbuseradd.h"
 
@@ -174,7 +178,15 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     struct passwd   *pwent, *pwuser;
     struct group    *gr;
     pid_t	    ppid;
+#if defined(__OpenBSD__)
+#define ARG_SIZE 60
+    static char **s, buf[ARG_SIZE];
+    size_t siz = 100;
+    char **p;
+    int mib[4];
+#else
     FILE	    *fp;
+#endif
 
     if (argc != 5)
 	Help();
@@ -221,29 +233,37 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
      * Find out the name of our parent.
      */
     temp = calloc(PATH_MAX, sizeof(char));
-#if defined(__OpenBSD__)
-#define ARG_SIZE 60
-    static char **s, buf[ARG_SIZE];
-    size_t siz = 100;
-    char **p;
-    int mib[4];
+    ppid = getppid();
 
+#if defined(__OpenBSD__)
+    /*
+     * Systems that use sysctl to get process information
+     */
     mib[0] = CTL_KERN;
     mib[1] = KERN_PROC_ARGS;
     mib[2] = ppid;
     mib[3] = KERN_PROC_ARGV;
-    if (sysctl(mib, 4, s, &siz, NULL, 0) == 0)
-	break;
+    if ((s = realloc(s, siz)) == NULL) {
+	fprintf(stderr, "mbuseradd: no memory\n");
+	exit(1);
+    }
+    if (sysctl(mib, 4, s, &siz, NULL, 0) == -1) {
+	perror("");
+	fprintf(stderr, "mbuseradd: sysctl call failed\n");
+	exit(1);
+    }
     buf[0] = '\0';
-    s = malloc(size, sizeof(char *));
     for (p = s; *p != NULL; p++) {
 	if (p != s)
 	    strlcat(buf, " ", sizeof(buf));
 	strlcat(buf, *p, sizeof(buf));
     }
-    fprintf("%s\n", buf);
+    printf("%s\n", buf);
+    parent = xstrcpy(buf);
 #else
-    ppid = getppid();
+    /*
+     *  Systems with /proc filesystem like Linux, FreeBSD
+     */
     snprintf(temp, PATH_MAX, "/proc/%d/cmdline", ppid);
     if ((fp = fopen(temp, "r")) == NULL) {
 	fprintf(stderr, "mbuseradd: can't read %s\n", temp);
@@ -252,14 +272,14 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     fgets(temp, PATH_MAX-1, fp);
     fclose(fp);
     parent = xstrcpy(Basename(temp));
+#endif
 
     if (strcmp((char *)"-mbnewusr", parent)) {
-	fprintf(stderr, "mbpasswd: illegal parent\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "mbuseradd: illegal parent\n");
 	free(temp);
 	free(parent);
 	exit(1);
     }
-#endif
 
     memset(args, 0, sizeof(args));