--- a/etc/rancid.conf.sample.in	2014-05-19 13:52:44.000000000 -0700
+++ b/etc/rancid.conf.sample.in	2014-10-06 20:39:30.935776609 -0700
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
 TMPDIR=/tmp; export TMPDIR
 # Be careful changing this, it affects CVSROOT below.  It should be a FQPN, not
 # relative.
-BASEDIR=@localstatedir@; export BASEDIR
-PATH=@bindir@:@ENV_PATH@; export PATH
+BASEDIR=/var/rancid; export BASEDIR
+PATH=@bindir@:/usr/sbin:@ENV_PATH@; export PATH
 #
 # Set to the name of the sendmail executable (or script) that will accept the
 # -t option to take its rcpt and other headers from std-in and $MAILOPTS (see
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 #     commands can run, e.g. by running rancid-cvs after installation.
 CVSROOT=$BASEDIR/CVS; export CVSROOT
 # Location of log files produced by rancid-run(1).
-LOGDIR=$BASEDIR/logs; export LOGDIR
+LOGDIR=/var/log/rancid; export LOGDIR
 #
 # Select which RCS system to use, "cvs" (default) or "svn".  Do not change
 # this after CVSROOT has been created with rancid-cvs.  Changing between these