--- cacti.orig/include/global_settings.php
+++ cacti/include/global_settings.php
@@ -94,9 +94,9 @@ $settings = array(
 			),
 		"path_cactilog" => array(
 			"friendly_name" => "Cacti Log File Path",
-			"description" => "The path to your Cacti log file (if blank, defaults to <path_cacti>/log/cacti.log)",
+			"description" => "The path to your Cacti log file (if blank, defaults to /var/log/cacti/cacti.log)",
 			"method" => "filepath",
-			"default" => $config["base_path"] . "/log/cacti.log",
+			"default" => "/var/log/cacti/cacti.log",
 			"max_length" => "255"
 			),
 		"pollerpaths_header" => array(
@@ -105,8 +105,9 @@ $settings = array(
 			),
 		"path_spine" => array(
 			"friendly_name" => "Spine Poller File Path",
-			"description" => "The path to Spine binary.",
+			"description" => "The path to Spine binary (if blank, defaults to /usr/sbin/spine).",
 			"method" => "filepath",
+			"default" => "/usr/sbin/spine",
 			"max_length" => "255"
 			),
 		"extendedpaths_header" => array(
--- cacti.orig/include/global.php
+++ cacti/include/global.php
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ $config["php_snmp_support"] = function_e
 $config["base_path"] = strtr(ereg_replace("(.*)[\\\/]include", "\\1", dirname(__FILE__)), "\\", "/");
 $config["library_path"] = ereg_replace("(.*[\\\/])include", "\\1lib", dirname(__FILE__));
 $config["include_path"] = dirname(__FILE__);
-$config["rra_path"] = $config["base_path"] . '/rra';
+$config["rra_path"] = '/var/lib/cacti/rra';
 
 /* colors */
 $colors["dark_outline"] = "454E53";
--- cacti.orig/install/index.php
+++ cacti/install/index.php
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ $input["path_cactilog"]["description"] =
 if (config_value_exists("path_cactilog")) {
 	$input["path_cactilog"]["default"] = read_config_option("path_cactilog");
 } else {
-	$input["path_cactilog"]["default"] = $config["base_path"] . "/log/cacti.log";
+	$input["path_cactilog"]["default"] = "/var/log/cacti/cacti.log";
 }
 
 /* SNMP Version */