diff -aurp open-iscsi-6.2.0.695/usr/idbm.c open-iscsi-6.2.0.695.work/usr/idbm.c
--- open-iscsi-6.2.0.695/usr/idbm.c	2006-10-03 13:54:51.000000000 -0500
+++ open-iscsi-6.2.0.695.work/usr/idbm.c	2006-10-03 14:44:56.000000000 -0500
@@ -831,10 +831,18 @@ idbm_node_write(idbm_t *db, node_rec_t *
 
 	idbm_lock(db);
 
-	snprintf(portal, PATH_MAX, "%s", NODE_CONFIG_DIR);
-	if (access(portal, F_OK) != 0) {
+	/* bah: there has to be a function to make all these subdirs for us */
+	if (access(CONFIG_DIR, F_OK) != 0) {
 		if (mkdir(portal, 0660) != 0) {
-			log_error("Could not make %s\n", portal);
+			log_error("Could not make %s %d\n", CONFIG_DIR, errno);
+			rc = errno;
+			goto free_portal;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (access(NODE_CONFIG_DIR, F_OK) != 0) {
+		if (mkdir(NODE_CONFIG_DIR, 0660) != 0) {
+			log_error("Could not make %s\n", NODE_CONFIG_DIR);
 			rc = errno;
 			goto free_portal;
 		}
@@ -869,6 +877,7 @@ free_portal:
 	return rc;
 }
 
+/* TODO: merged these two functions */
 static int
 idbm_discovery_write(idbm_t *db, discovery_rec_t *rec)
 {
@@ -883,10 +892,18 @@ idbm_discovery_write(idbm_t *db, discove
 	}
 
 	idbm_lock(db);
-	snprintf(portal, PATH_MAX, "%s", ST_CONFIG_DIR);
-	if (access(portal, F_OK) != 0) {
-		if (mkdir(portal, 0660) != 0) {
-			log_error("Could not make %s\n", portal);
+
+	if (access(CONFIG_DIR, F_OK) != 0) {
+		if (mkdir(CONFIG_DIR, 0660) != 0) {
+			log_error("Could not make %s %d\n", CONFIG_DIR, errno);
+			rc = errno;
+			goto free_portal;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (access(ST_CONFIG_DIR, F_OK) != 0) {
+		if (mkdir(ST_CONFIG_DIR, 0660) != 0) {
+			log_error("Could not make %s\n", ST_CONFIG_DIR);
 			rc = errno;
 			goto free_portal;
 		}
diff -aurp open-iscsi-6.2.0.695/usr/initiator.h open-iscsi-6.2.0.695.work/usr/initiator.h
--- open-iscsi-6.2.0.695/usr/initiator.h	2006-10-03 13:54:51.000000000 -0500
+++ open-iscsi-6.2.0.695.work/usr/initiator.h	2006-10-03 14:08:09.000000000 -0500
@@ -31,11 +31,15 @@
 #include "actor.h"
 #include "queue.h"
 
-#define ST_CONFIG_DIR		"/etc/iscsi/send_targets"
-#define NODE_CONFIG_DIR		"/etc/iscsi/nodes"
+#define CONFIG_DIR		"/var/lib/iscsi"
+#define ST_CONFIG_DIR		"/var/lib/iscsi/send_targets"
+#define NODE_CONFIG_DIR		"/var/lib/iscsi/nodes"
+
 #define CONFIG_FILE		"/etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf"
-#define PID_FILE		"/var/run/iscsid.pid"
 #define INITIATOR_NAME_FILE	"/etc/iscsi/initiatorname.iscsi"
+
+#define PID_FILE		"/var/run/iscsid.pid"
+
 #define LOCK_DIR		"/var/lock/iscsi"
 #define LOCK_FILE		"/var/lock/iscsi/lock"
 #define LOCK_WRITE_FILE		"/var/lock/iscsi/lock.write"