diff -urN snort-2.3.3.orig/etc/snort.conf snort-2.3.3/etc/snort.conf
--- snort-2.3.3.orig/etc/snort.conf	2005-04-23 21:48:52.000000000 +0200
+++ snort-2.3.3/etc/snort.conf	2005-05-11 12:24:47.000000000 +0200
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
 # Path to your rules files (this can be a relative path)
 # Note for Windows users:  You are advised to make this an absolute path,
 # such as:  c:\snort\rules
-var RULE_PATH ../rules
+var RULE_PATH .
 
 # Configure the snort decoder
 # ============================
diff -urN snort-2.3.3.orig/src/parser.c snort-2.3.3/src/parser.c
--- snort-2.3.3.orig/src/parser.c	2005-03-10 23:38:04.000000000 +0100
+++ snort-2.3.3/src/parser.c	2005-05-11 12:24:32.000000000 +0200
@@ -3205,7 +3205,7 @@
         }
         else
         {
-            strlcpy(buffer, "/var/log/snort", STD_BUF);
+            strlcpy(buffer, "@PREFIX@/var/log/snort", STD_BUF);
         }
 
         strlcat(buffer, "/", STD_BUF - strlen(buffer));
diff -urN snort-2.3.3.orig/src/snort.c snort-2.3.3/src/snort.c
--- snort-2.3.3.orig/src/snort.c	2005-01-13 21:36:20.000000000 +0100
+++ snort-2.3.3/src/snort.c	2005-05-11 12:24:32.000000000 +0200
@@ -1949,7 +1949,7 @@
 {
     struct stat st;
     int i;
-    char *conf_files[]={"/etc/snort.conf", "./snort.conf", NULL};
+    char *conf_files[]={"@PREFIX@/etc/snort.conf", "./snort.conf", NULL};
     char *fname = NULL;
     char *home_dir = NULL;
     char *rval = NULL;
diff -urN snort-2.3.3.orig/src/snort.h snort-2.3.3/src/snort.h
--- snort-2.3.3.orig/src/snort.h	2005-04-23 21:27:57.000000000 +0200
+++ snort-2.3.3/src/snort.h	2005-05-11 12:24:32.000000000 +0200
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifndef WIN32
-    #define DEFAULT_LOG_DIR            "/var/log/snort"
+    #define DEFAULT_LOG_DIR            "@PREFIX@/var/log/snort"
     #define DEFAULT_DAEMON_ALERT_FILE  "alert"
 #else
     #define DEFAULT_LOG_DIR            "log"
diff -urN snort-2.3.3.orig/src/util.c snort-2.3.3/src/util.c
--- snort-2.3.3.orig/src/util.c	2005-01-13 21:36:20.000000000 +0100
+++ snort-2.3.3/src/util.c	2005-05-11 12:24:32.000000000 +0200
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@
         }
 #ifndef _PATH_VARRUN
 #ifndef WIN32
-        strlcpy(_PATH_VARRUN, "/var/run/", 10);
+        strlcpy(_PATH_VARRUN, "@PREFIX@/var/run/", 10);
 #else
         if (GetCurrentDirectory(sizeof (dir)-1, dir))
             strncpy (_PATH_VARRUN, dir, sizeof(dir)-1);
@@ -733,8 +733,8 @@
         if(!S_ISDIR(pt.st_mode) || access(_PATH_VARRUN, W_OK) == -1)
         {
             LogMessage("WARNING: _PATH_VARRUN is invalid, trying "
-                    "/var/log...\n");
-            strncpy(pv.pid_path, "/var/log/", strlen("/var/log/"));
+                    "@PREFIX@/var/log...\n");
+            strncpy(pv.pid_path, "@PREFIX@/var/log/", strlen("@PREFIX@/var/log/"));
             stat(pv.pid_path, &pt);
 
             if(!S_ISDIR(pt.st_mode) || access(pv.pid_path, W_OK) == -1)
diff -urN snort-2.3.3.orig/src/util.h snort-2.3.3/src/util.h
--- snort-2.3.3.orig/src/util.h	2005-01-13 21:36:20.000000000 +0100
+++ snort-2.3.3/src/util.h	2005-05-11 12:24:32.000000000 +0200
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
 
 #include "sfsnprintfappend.h"
 
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
 extern u_long netmasks[33];
 
 /* Self preservation memory control struct */