diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ
index 910a2818073b405ec3e45123aa69a74c4cdeec0d..d40280124ec40c443cf775c60990e6fc3e842393 100644
--- a/FAQ
+++ b/FAQ
@@ -122,13 +122,13 @@ A: There's the possibility to add a password hook in fusiondirectory.conf's main
 Q: What about templates for vacation messages?
 
 A: Create a directory to keep a set of vacation messages which are readable by the
-   user that runs your apache. In this example I'll use /etc/fusiondirectory/vacation for that.
+   user that runs your apache. In this example I'll use /var/cache/fusiondirectory/vacation for that.
 
    Put your vacation files in there containing a "DESC:some descriptive text" as the
    first line followed by the normal vacation text. You can use all attributes from
    the generic tab. I.e.:
 
-    /etc/fusiondirectory/vacation/business.txt 
+    /var/cache/fusiondirectory/vacation/business.txt 
 
    |--> 
     DESC:Away from desk
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ A: Create a directory to keep a set of vacation messages which are readable by t
     %givenName %sn
    |<--
  
-   Place the config option vacationTemplateDirectory="/etc/fusiondirectory/vacation" in the location found in
+   Place the config option vacationTemplateDirectory="/var/cache/fusiondirectory/vacation" in the location found in
    fusiondirectory.conf and a template box is show in the vacation mail tab.
 
 
diff --git a/contrib/man/fusiondirectory.conf.5 b/contrib/man/fusiondirectory.conf.5
index f9aec17dada34ab402e7d84ba4b93f0a62ca199c..1466a3fac43cbb7fe46f3b9e08946462328eee7f 100644
--- a/contrib/man/fusiondirectory.conf.5
+++ b/contrib/man/fusiondirectory.conf.5
@@ -1222,9 +1222,9 @@ description for more details.
 The
 .I vacationTemplateDirectory
 statement sets the path where FusionDirectory will look for vacation message
-templates. Default is /etc/fusiondirectory/vacation.
+templates. Default is /var/cache/fusiondirectory/vacation.
 
-Example template /etc/fusiondirectory/vacation/business.txt:
+Example template /varc/cache/fusiondirectory/vacation/business.txt:
 
 .nf
    DESC:Away from desk
diff --git a/include/variables.inc b/include/variables.inc
index 20eba09e824db09fc45a8c15f12f001e62c2bc5c..29945e1047958601af328982d66778cb322f78a5 100644
--- a/include/variables.inc
+++ b/include/variables.inc
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ define ("CONFIG_TEMPLATE_DIR", "/var/cache/fusiondirectory/template/");
 /* Directory containing the fai logs */
 define ("FAI_LOG_DIR", "/var/cache/fusiondirectory/fai/");
 
+/* Directory containing the vacation files */
+define ("VACATION_DIR", "/var/cache/fusiondirectory/vacation/");
+
 /* fpdf library path */ 
 define("FPDF","/usr/share/php/fpdf/fpdf.php");
 
diff --git a/setup/class_setupStep_Config2.inc b/setup/class_setupStep_Config2.inc
index 7c6d316c07c9cd8d964574b83842d6b5a71d7d9d..45f2555b86af5192728a9126ecbfe123620ba8d6 100644
--- a/setup/class_setupStep_Config2.inc
+++ b/setup/class_setupStep_Config2.inc
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class Step_Config2 extends setup_step
   var $mail           = "none";
   var $mail_attrib    = "";
   var $mail_methods   = array();
-  var $mail_settings = array("vacationdir"        => "/etc/fusiondirectory/vacation",
+  var $mail_settings = array("vacationdir"        => VACATION_DIR,
                              "vacationdir_active" => FALSE);
 
   var $generic_settings  = array( "wws_ou"        => "ou=winstations",