--- cyphesis-0.5.15/server/CommUnixListener.cpp.orig	2008-04-09 09:42:04.000000000 -0700

+++ cyphesis-0.5.15/server/CommUnixListener.cpp	2008-04-09 09:43:16.000000000 -0700

@@ -91,7 +91,11 @@

 /// will never be called in an instance of cyphesis already exists.

 int CommUnixListener::setup(const std::string & name)

 {

-    m_path = var_directory + "/tmp/" + name;

+    if (name[0] != '/') {

+        m_path = var_directory + "/tmp/" + name;

+    } else {

+        m_path = name;

+    }

     m_unixListener.open(m_path);

     m_bound = m_unixListener.is_open();

--- cyphesis-0.5.15/client/ClientConnection.cpp.orig	2008-04-09 09:41:19.000000000 -0700

+++ cyphesis-0.5.15/client/ClientConnection.cpp	2008-04-09 12:57:43.000000000 -0700

@@ -142,7 +142,11 @@

     debug(std::cout << "Attempting local connect." << std::endl << std::flush;);

     std::string socket;

     if (sockname == "") {

-        socket = var_directory + "/tmp/" + client_socket_name;

+        if (client_socket_name[0] != '/') {

+            socket = var_directory + "/tmp/" + client_socket_name;

+        } else {

+            socket = client_socket_name;

+        }

     } else if (sockname[0] != '/') {

         socket = var_directory + "/tmp/" + sockname;

     } else {