diff -urN bacula-2.2.6.org/src/dird/bacula-dir.conf.in bacula-2.2.6/src/dird/bacula-dir.conf.in
--- bacula-2.2.6.org/src/dird/bacula-dir.conf.in	2007-10-03 18:22:07.000000000 +0200
+++ bacula-2.2.6/src/dird/bacula-dir.conf.in	2007-11-24 22:44:44.660275104 +0100
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@
 #          time to time as it will grow indefinitely. However, it will
 #          also keep all your messages if they scroll off the console.
 #
-  append = "@working_dir@/log" = all, !skipped
+  append = "/var/log/bacula/log" = all, !skipped
 }
 
 
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@
   mailcommand = "@sbindir@/bsmtp -h @smtp_host@ -f \"\(Bacula\) \<%r\>\" -s \"Bacula daemon message\" %r"
   mail = @job_email@ = all, !skipped            
   console = all, !skipped, !saved
-  append = "@working_dir@/log" = all, !skipped
+  append = "/var/log/bacula/log" = all, !skipped
 }
 
 
diff -urN bacula-2.2.6.org/autoconf/configure.in bacula-2.2.6/autoconf/configure.in
--- bacula-2.2.6.org/autoconf/configure.in	2007-10-24 20:37:02.000000000 +0200
+++ bacula-2.2.6/autoconf/configure.in	2007-11-24 22:54:17.646345227 +0100
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@
     archivedir=${archivedir}
 fi
 archivedir=`eval echo ${archivedir}`
+[ -z "$archivedir" ] && archivedir=/tmp
 
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  If the user has not set --mandir, we default to /usr/share/man