diff -ur xrootd-3.0.3.orig/packaging/rhel/xrootd.functions xrootd-3.0.3/packaging/rhel/xrootd.functions
--- xrootd-3.0.3.orig/packaging/rhel/xrootd.functions	2011-04-11 13:24:37.000000000 +0200
+++ xrootd-3.0.3/packaging/rhel/xrootd.functions	2011-04-23 06:58:54.770444143 +0200
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#!/bin/sh
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Library for handling xrootd daemons on RHEL
 # Author: Lukasz Janyst <ljanyst@cern.ch> (09.03.2011)
@@ -20,9 +19,6 @@
 
   chown $XROOTD_USER:$XROOTD_GROUP -R /var/spool/xrootd
   chown $XROOTD_USER:$XROOTD_GROUP -R /var/log/xrootd
-  chown $XROOTD_USER:$XROOTD_GROUP -R /var/run/xrootd
-  chown $XROOTD_USER:$XROOTD_GROUP -R /etc/xrootd
-  chown $XROOTD_USER:$XROOTD_GROUP /etc/sysconfig/xrootd
 }
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -96,6 +92,8 @@
     chown $XROOTD_USER:$XROOTD_GROUP -R /var/spool/xrootd
   fi
 
+  mkdir -p /var/run/xrootd
+  chown $XROOTD_USER:$XROOTD_GROUP
   checkDirectory /var/run/xrootd $XROOTD_USER $XROOTD_GROUP
   if test $? -ne 0; then
     chown $XROOTD_USER:$XROOTD_GROUP -R /var/run/xrootd
diff -ur xrootd-3.0.3.orig/packaging/rhel/xrootd.functions-slc4 xrootd-3.0.3/packaging/rhel/xrootd.functions-slc4
--- xrootd-3.0.3.orig/packaging/rhel/xrootd.functions-slc4	2011-04-11 13:24:37.000000000 +0200
+++ xrootd-3.0.3/packaging/rhel/xrootd.functions-slc4	2011-04-23 06:59:27.871088146 +0200
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#!/bin/sh
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Library for handling xrootd daemons on antique RHEL
 # Author: Lukasz Janyst <ljanyst@cern.ch> (18.03.2011)
@@ -20,9 +19,6 @@
 
   chown $XROOTD_USER:$XROOTD_GROUP -R /var/spool/xrootd
   chown $XROOTD_USER:$XROOTD_GROUP -R /var/log/xrootd
-  chown $XROOTD_USER:$XROOTD_GROUP -R /var/run/xrootd
-  chown $XROOTD_USER:$XROOTD_GROUP -R /etc/xrootd
-  chown $XROOTD_USER:$XROOTD_GROUP /etc/sysconfig/xrootd
 }
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -96,6 +92,8 @@
     chown $XROOTD_USER:$XROOTD_GROUP -R /var/spool/xrootd
   fi
 
+  mkdir -p /var/run/xrootd
+  chown $XROOTD_USER:$XROOTD_GROUP
   checkDirectory /var/run/xrootd $XROOTD_USER $XROOTD_GROUP
   if test $? -ne 0; then
     chown $XROOTD_USER:$XROOTD_GROUP -R /var/run/xrootd