diff -u fwsnort-1.6.3-2/install.pl fwsnort-1.6.3/install.pl
--- fwsnort-1.6.3-2/install.pl	2012-12-24 21:31:28.597018440 -0700
+++ fwsnort-1.6.3/install.pl	2012-12-24 21:40:38.564569377 -0700
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 my $perlCmd = '/usr/bin/perl';
 my $makeCmd = '/usr/bin/make';
 my $wgetCmd = '/usr/bin/wget';
-my $gzipCmd = '/bin/gzip';
+my $gzipCmd = '/usr/bin/gzip';
 my $tarCmd  = '/bin/tar';
 #======================= end config ======================

@@ -129,10 +129,6 @@
 ### make sure the system binaries are where we think they are.
 &check_commands();

-### check to make sure we are running as root
-$< == 0 && $> == 0 or die "You need to be root (or equivalent UID 0",
-    " account) to install/uninstall fwsnort!\n";
-
 if ($uninstall) {
     &uninstall();
 } else {
@@ -154,10 +150,10 @@
         "sources directory." unless -e 'fwsnort' and -e 'fwsnort.conf';

     unless (-d $config{'CONF_DIR'}) {
-        &full_mkdir($config{'CONF_DIR'}, 0500);
+        &full_mkdir($config{'CONF_DIR'}, 0700);
     }
     unless (-d $config{'RULES_DIR'}) {
-        &full_mkdir($config{'RULES_DIR'}, 0500);
+        &full_mkdir($config{'RULES_DIR'}, 0700);
     }

     ### install perl modules
@@ -336,52 +332,11 @@

 sub install_manpage() {
     my $manpage = 'fwsnort.8';
-    ### remove old man page
-    unlink "/usr/local/man/man8/${manpage}" if
-        (-e "/usr/local/man/man8/${manpage}");

     ### default location to put the fwsnort man page, but check with
     ### /etc/man.config
-    my $mpath = '/usr/share/man/man8';
-    if (-e '/etc/man.config') {
-        ### prefer to install $manpage in /usr/local/man/man8 if
-        ### this directory is configured in /etc/man.config
-        open M, '< /etc/man.config' or
-            die "[*] Could not open /etc/man.config: $!";
-        my @lines = <M>;
-        close M;
-        ### prefer the path "/usr/share/man"
-        my $found = 0;
-        for my $line (@lines) {
-            chomp $line;
-            if ($line =~ m|^MANPATH\s+/usr/share/man|) {
-                $found = 1;
-                last;
-            }
-        }
-        ### try to find "/usr/local/man" if we didn't find /usr/share/man
-        unless ($found) {
-            for my $line (@lines) {
-                chomp $line;
-                if ($line =~ m|^MANPATH\s+/usr/local/man|) {
-                    $mpath = '/usr/local/man/man8';
-                    $found = 1;
-                    last;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        ### if we still have not found one of the above man paths,
-        ### just select the first one out of /etc/man.config
-        unless ($found) {
-            for my $line (@lines) {
-                chomp $line;
-                if ($line =~ m|^MANPATH\s+(\S+)|) {
-                    $mpath = $1;
-                    last;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
+    my $mpath = $config{'INSTALL_ROOT'}.'/usr/share/man/man8';
+
     &full_mkdir($mpath, 0755);
     my $mfile = "${mpath}/${manpage}";
     print "[+] Installing $manpage man page as $mfile\n";
@@ -532,6 +487,9 @@
         /bin
         /usr/bin
         /usr/local/bin
+        /sbin
+        /usr/sbin
+        /usr/local/sbin
     );
     CMD: for my $cmd (keys %cmds) {
         unless (-x $cmds{$cmd}) {
diff -u fwsnort-1.6.3-2/fwsnort.conf fwsnort-1.6.3/fwsnort.conf
--- fwsnort-1.6.3-2/fwsnort.conf	2012-12-24 22:39:21.323178467 -0700
+++ fwsnort-1.6.3/fwsnort.conf	2012-12-24 22:41:52.172194457 -0700
@@ -103,14 +103,14 @@

 ### system binaries
 shCmd                   /bin/sh;
-echoCmd                 /bin/echo;
+echoCmd                 /usr/bin/echo;
 tarCmd                  /bin/tar;
 wgetCmd                 /usr/bin/wget;
 unameCmd                /usr/bin/uname;
 ifconfigCmd             /sbin/ifconfig;
-iptablesCmd             /sbin/iptables;
-iptables-saveCmd        /sbin/iptables-save;
-iptables-restoreCmd     /sbin/iptables-restore;
-ip6tablesCmd            /sbin/ip6tables;
-ip6tables-saveCmd       /sbin/ip6tables-save;
-ip6tables-restoreCmd    /sbin/ip6tables-restore;
+iptablesCmd             /usr/sbin/iptables;
+iptables-saveCmd        /usr/sbin/iptables-save;
+iptables-restoreCmd     /usr/sbin/iptables-restore;
+ip6tablesCmd            /usr/sbin/ip6tables;
+ip6tables-saveCmd       /usr/sbin/ip6tables-save;
+ip6tables-restoreCmd    /usr/sbin/ip6tables-restore;