diff -Naur a/usr/idbm.c b/usr/idbm.c
--- a/usr/idbm.c	2013-07-29 12:13:36.000000000 -0700
+++ b/usr/idbm.c	2022-05-03 15:16:35.006014572 -0700
@@ -2647,9 +2647,9 @@
 int idbm_init(idbm_get_config_file_fn *fn)
 {
 	/* make sure root db dir is there */
-	if (access(ISCSI_CONFIG_ROOT, F_OK) != 0) {
-		if (mkdir(ISCSI_CONFIG_ROOT, 0660) != 0) {
-			log_error("Could not make %s %d\n", ISCSI_CONFIG_ROOT,
+	if (access(ISCSIVAR, F_OK) != 0) {
+		if (mkdir(ISCSIVAR, 0770) != 0) {
+			log_error("Could not make %s %d", ISCSIVAR,
 				   errno);
 			return errno;
 		}
diff -Naur a/usr/idbm.h b/usr/idbm.h
--- a/usr/idbm.h	2013-07-29 12:13:36.000000000 -0700
+++ b/usr/idbm.h	2022-05-03 15:17:18.700644189 -0700
@@ -29,12 +29,13 @@
 #include "list.h"
 #include "flashnode.h"
 
-#define NODE_CONFIG_DIR		ISCSI_CONFIG_ROOT"nodes"
-#define SLP_CONFIG_DIR		ISCSI_CONFIG_ROOT"slp"
-#define ISNS_CONFIG_DIR		ISCSI_CONFIG_ROOT"isns"
-#define STATIC_CONFIG_DIR	ISCSI_CONFIG_ROOT"static"
-#define FW_CONFIG_DIR		ISCSI_CONFIG_ROOT"fw"
-#define ST_CONFIG_DIR		ISCSI_CONFIG_ROOT"send_targets"
+#define ISCSIVAR		"/run/iscsi/"
+#define NODE_CONFIG_DIR		ISCSIVAR"nodes"
+#define SLP_CONFIG_DIR		ISCSIVAR"slp"
+#define ISNS_CONFIG_DIR		ISCSIVAR"isns"
+#define STATIC_CONFIG_DIR	ISCSIVAR"static"
+#define FW_CONFIG_DIR		ISCSIVAR"fw"
+#define ST_CONFIG_DIR		ISCSIVAR"send_targets"
 #define ST_CONFIG_NAME		"st_config"
 #define ISNS_CONFIG_NAME	"isns_config"
 
diff -Naur a/usr/iface.h b/usr/iface.h
--- a/usr/iface.h	2013-07-29 12:13:36.000000000 -0700
+++ b/usr/iface.h	2022-05-03 15:18:31.164688356 -0700
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@
 #ifndef ISCSI_IFACE_H
 #define ISCSI_IFACE_H
 
-#define IFACE_CONFIG_DIR	ISCSI_CONFIG_ROOT"ifaces"
+#include "idbm.h"
+
+#define IFACE_CONFIG_DIR	ISCSIVAR"ifaces"
 
 struct iface_rec;
 struct list_head;