diff -up vifm-0.5/src/config.c.chdorb vifm-0.5/src/config.c
--- vifm-0.5/src/config.c.chdorb	2010-04-12 18:30:35.255832340 +0200
+++ vifm-0.5/src/config.c	2010-04-12 18:36:15.313608759 +0200
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
  * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA
  */
 
-#define CP_HELP "cp /usr/local/share/vifm/vifm-help.txt ~/.vifm"
-#define CP_RC "cp /usr/local/share/vifm/vifmrc ~/.vifm"
+#define CP_HELP "cp /usr/share/vifm/vifm-help.txt ~/.vifm"
+#define CP_RC "cp /usr/share/vifm/vifmrc ~/.vifm"
 
 #include<stdio.h> /* FILE */
 #include<stdlib.h> /* getenv */
@@ -143,9 +143,9 @@ set_config_dir(void)
 
 		if(chdir(cfg.config_dir))
 		{
-			if(mkdir(cfg.config_dir, 0777))
+			if(mkdir(cfg.config_dir, 0700))
 				return;
-			if(mkdir(cfg.trash_dir, 0777))
+			if(mkdir(cfg.trash_dir, 0700))
 				return;
 			if((f = fopen(help_file, "r")) == NULL)
 				create_help_file();