--- bin/utils.orig	2012-04-24 15:37:50.000000000 -0300
+++ bin/utils	2012-04-24 15:29:25.000000000 -0300
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@
 
 checkwriteaccess() {
     if [ $UID != 0 ] ; then
-    if [ ! -w "$NEO4J_INSTANCE/data" ] ; then
-      echo "ERROR: No write access to data/ directory, run either as user $NEO4J_USER or root"
+    if [ ! -w /var/db/neo4j ] ; then
+      echo "ERROR: No write access to /var/db/neo4j, run either as user $NEO4J_USER or root"
       exit 1
     fi
     fi
@@ -301,12 +301,12 @@
 # Runs before the server command, making sure that whatever should be in place is
 # in place.
 checkandrepairenv() {
-    # Create data/log if missing, change owner if created.
-    if [ ! -d "$NEO4J_HOME"/data/log ]; then
-      echo "${NEO4J_HOME}/data/log was missing, recreating..."
-      mkdir "$NEO4J_HOME"/data/log
+    # Create /var/db/neo4j/log if missing, change owner if created.
+    if [ ! -d /var/db/neo4j/log ]; then
+      echo "/var/db/neo4j/log was missing, recreating..."
+      mkdir /var/db/neo4j/log
       if [ $UID == 0 ] ; then
-        chown $NEO4J_USER "$NEO4J_HOME"/data/log
+        chown $NEO4J_USER /var/db/neo4j/log
       fi
     fi
 }