diff -urNp -x '*.orig' amanda-3.5.1.org/common-src/conffile.c amanda-3.5.1/common-src/conffile.c
--- amanda-3.5.1.org/common-src/conffile.c	2017-12-01 14:26:28.000000000 +0100
+++ amanda-3.5.1/common-src/conffile.c	2021-05-08 10:23:13.673469863 +0200
@@ -6422,9 +6422,9 @@ init_defaults(
     conf_init_str(&conf_data[CNF_CHANGERFILE]             , "changer");
     conf_init_str   (&conf_data[CNF_TAPELIST]             , "tapelist");
     conf_init_str   (&conf_data[CNF_DISKFILE]             , "disklist");
-    conf_init_str   (&conf_data[CNF_INFOFILE]             , "/usr/adm/amanda/curinfo");
-    conf_init_str   (&conf_data[CNF_LOGDIR]               , "/usr/adm/amanda");
-    conf_init_str   (&conf_data[CNF_INDEXDIR]             , "/usr/adm/amanda/index");
+    conf_init_str   (&conf_data[CNF_INFOFILE]             , "/var/lib/amanda/curinfo");
+    conf_init_str   (&conf_data[CNF_LOGDIR]               , "/var/lib/amanda");
+    conf_init_str   (&conf_data[CNF_INDEXDIR]             , "/var/lib/amanda/index");
     conf_init_ident    (&conf_data[CNF_TAPETYPE]             , "DEFAULT_TAPE");
     conf_init_identlist(&conf_data[CNF_HOLDINGDISK]          , NULL);
     conf_init_int      (&conf_data[CNF_DUMPCYCLE]            , CONF_UNIT_NONE, 10);
diff -urNp -x '*.orig' amanda-3.5.1.org/example/amanda.conf.in amanda-3.5.1/example/amanda.conf.in
--- amanda-3.5.1.org/example/amanda.conf.in	2017-12-01 14:26:34.000000000 +0100
+++ amanda-3.5.1/example/amanda.conf.in	2021-05-08 10:23:13.673469863 +0200
@@ -215,9 +215,9 @@ holdingdisk hd1 {
 # Note that, although the keyword below is infofile, it is only so for
 # historic reasons, since now it is supposed to be a directory (unless
 # you have selected some database format other than the `text' default)
-infofile "@CONFIG_DIR@/@DEFAULT_CONFIG@/curinfo"	# database DIRECTORY
-logdir   "@CONFIG_DIR@/@DEFAULT_CONFIG@"		# log directory
-indexdir "@CONFIG_DIR@/@DEFAULT_CONFIG@/index"		# index directory
+infofile "@localstatedir@/lib/amanda/@DEFAULT_CONFIG@/curinfo"	# database DIRECTORY
+logdir   "@localstatedir@/lib/amanda/@DEFAULT_CONFIG@"		# log directory
+indexdir "@localstatedir@/lib/amanda/@DEFAULT_CONFIG@/index"		# index directory
 #tapelist "@CONFIG_DIR@/@DEFAULT_CONFIG@/tapelist"	# list of used tapes
 # tapelist is stored, by default, in the directory that contains amanda.conf
 
diff -urNp -x '*.orig' amanda-3.5.1.org/example/template.d/advanced.conf.in amanda-3.5.1/example/template.d/advanced.conf.in
--- amanda-3.5.1.org/example/template.d/advanced.conf.in	2017-12-01 14:26:34.000000000 +0100
+++ amanda-3.5.1/example/template.d/advanced.conf.in	2021-05-08 10:23:13.673469863 +0200
@@ -84,10 +84,10 @@ autoflush no
 # Note that, although the keyword below is infofile, it is only so for
 # historic reasons, since now it is supposed to be a directory (unless
 # you have selected some database format other than the `text' default)
-infofile "@CONFIG_DIR@/@DEFAULT_CONFIG@/curinfo"      # database DIRECTORY
-logdir   "@CONFIG_DIR@/@DEFAULT_CONFIG@"              # log directory
-indexdir "@CONFIG_DIR@/@DEFAULT_CONFIG@/index"        # index directory
-#tapelist "@CONFIG_DIR/DailySet1/tapelist"	# list of used tapes
+infofile "@localstatedir@/lib/amanda/@DEFAULT_CONFIG@/curinfo"      # database DIRECTORY
+logdir   "@localstatedir@/lib/amanda/@DEFAULT_CONFIG@"              # log directory
+indexdir "@localstatedir@/lib/amanda/@DEFAULT_CONFIG@/index"        # index directory
+#tapelist "@CONFIG_DIR@/@DEFAULT_CONFIG@/tapelist"	# list of used tapes
 # tapelist is stored, by default, in the directory that contains amanda.conf
 
 # Specify holding disks.  These are used as a temporary staging area for
diff -urNp -x '*.orig' amanda-3.5.1.org/server-src/amserverconfig.pl amanda-3.5.1/server-src/amserverconfig.pl
--- amanda-3.5.1.org/server-src/amserverconfig.pl	2017-12-01 14:26:29.000000000 +0100
+++ amanda-3.5.1/server-src/amserverconfig.pl	2021-05-08 10:23:13.673469863 +0200
@@ -96,16 +96,16 @@ sub log_and_die {
 	    unlink "$confdir/$config/tapelist" || 
 	    print LOG "unlink $confdir/$config/tapelist failed: $!\n";
 	}
-	if ( -e "$confdir/$config/curinfo" ) {
-	    rmdir "$confdir/$config/curinfo" || 
-	    print LOG "rmdir $confdir/$config failed: $!\n";
+	if ( -e "$localstatedir/lib/amanda/$config/curinfo" ) {
+	    rmdir "$localstatedir/lib/amanda/$config/curinfo" || 
+	    print LOG "rmdir $localstatedir/lib/amanda/$config/curinfo failed: $!\n";
 	}
-	if ( -e "$confdir/$config/index" ) {
-	    rmdir "$confdir/$config/index" || 
-	    print LOG "rmdir $confdir/$config/index failed: $!\n";
+	if ( -e "$localstatedir/lib/amanda/$config/index" ) {
+	    rmdir "$localstatedir/lib/amanda/$config/index" || 
+	    print LOG "rmdir $localstatedir/lib/amanda/$config/index failed: $!\n";
 	}
 	rmdir "$confdir/$config" || 
-	    print LOG "rmdir $confdir/$config failed: $!\n";
+	    print LOG "rmdir $localstatedir/lib/amanda/$config failed: $!\n";
     }
     die $err;
 }
@@ -159,10 +159,12 @@ sub copy_template_file {
 
 
 sub create_curinfo_index_dir {
-    mkpath("$confdir/$config/curinfo", $def_perm) ||
-	&log_and_die ("ERROR: mkpath: $confdir/$config/curinfo failed: $!\n", 1);
-    mkpath("$confdir/$config/index", $def_perm) || 
-	&log_and_die ("ERROR: mkpath: $confdir/$config/index failed: $!\n", 1);
+    mkpath("$localstatedir/lib/amanda/$config", $def_perm) ||
+	&log_and_die ("ERROR: mkpath: $localstatedir/lib/amanda/$config failed: $!\n", 1);
+    mkpath("$localstatedir/lib/amanda/$config/curinfo", $def_perm) ||
+	&log_and_die ("ERROR: mkpath: $localstatedir/lib/amanda/$config/curinfo failed: $!\n", 1);
+    mkpath("$localstatedir/lib/amanda/$config/index", $def_perm) || 
+	&log_and_die ("ERROR: mkpath: $localstatedir/lib/amanda/$config/index failed: $!\n", 1);
     &mprint ("curinfo and index directory created\n");
 }