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	2006-09-15 12:06:23.000000000 -0500
+++ open-iscsi-6.2.0.695.work/usr/idbm.c	2006-10-02 15:10:42.000000000 -0500
@@ -710,6 +710,13 @@ static int idbm_lock(idbm_t *db)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	if (access(LOCK_DIR, F_OK) != 0) {
+		if (mkdir(LOCK_DIR, 0660) != 0) {
+			log_error("Could not open %s. Exiting\n", LOCK_DIR);
+			exit(-1);
+		}
+	}
+
 	fd = open(LOCK_FILE, O_RDWR | O_CREAT, 0666);
 	if (fd >= 0)
 		close(fd);
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	2006-10-02 15:13:17.000000000 -0500
+++ open-iscsi-6.2.0.695.work/usr/initiator.h	2006-10-02 14:06:15.000000000 -0500
@@ -36,8 +36,9 @@
 #define CONFIG_FILE		"/etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf"
 #define PID_FILE		"/var/run/iscsid.pid"
 #define INITIATOR_NAME_FILE	"/etc/iscsi/initiatorname.iscsi"
-#define LOCK_FILE		"/etc/iscsi/lock"
-#define LOCK_WRITE_FILE		"/etc/iscsi/lock.write"
+#define LOCK_DIR		"/var/lock/iscsi"
+#define LOCK_FILE		"/var/lock/iscsi/lock"
+#define LOCK_WRITE_FILE		"/var/lock/iscsi/lock.write"
 
 #define DEF_ISCSI_PORT		3260