Heres what i came up with…
In wp-login.php on line 172 (WP 2.0.4), change:
$redirect_to = ‘wp-admin/’;
to
$redirect_to = ‘YOUR BLOG INDEX’;
line 196
$redirect_to == ‘wp-admin/’
to
$redirect_to == ‘YOUR BLOG INDEX’
and on line 197
$redirect_to = get_settings(‘siteurl’) . ‘/wp-admin/profile.php’;
to
$redirect_to = get_settings(‘YOUR BLOG INDEX’) . ‘ ‘;
hope that helps.
https://www.brokenmachines.net to see it in action.