diff -r 88df1a056c45 app-office/radicale/files/radicale.init.d
--- a/app-office/radicale/files/radicale.init.d Tue Dec 06 13:34:16 2011 +0100
+++ b/app-office/radicale/files/radicale.init.d Tue Dec 06 14:40:05 2011 +0100
@@ -11,8 +11,11 @@
 }
 
 start() {
+    touch /var/log/radicale
+    chown radicale:radicale /var/log/radicale
     ebegin "Starting radicale"
         start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --background \
+        --user radicale \
         --pidfile ${PIDFILE} --make-pidfile \
         --exec /usr/bin/radicale -- --foreground
     eend $?
diff -r 88df1a056c45 app-office/radicale/radicale-0.6.3.ebuild
--- a/app-office/radicale/radicale-0.6.3.ebuild Tue Dec 06 13:34:16 2011 +0100
+++ b/app-office/radicale/radicale-0.6.3.ebuild Tue Dec 06 14:40:05 2011 +0100
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 SUPPORT_PYTHON_ABIS=1
 RESTRICT_PYTHON_ABIS="3.*"
 
-inherit distutils
+inherit distutils eutils
 
 MY_PN="Radicale"
 MY_P="${MY_PN}-${PV}"
@@ -29,6 +29,18 @@
 
 S=${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}
 
+RDIR=/var/lib/radicale
+
+pkg_setup() {
+       enewgroup radicale
+       enewuser radicale -1 -1 ${RDIR} radicale
+}
+
+src_prepare() {
+       sed -i -e "s:^folder = .*$:folder = ${RDIR}:g" \
+               config || die
+}
+
 src_install() {
        # delete the useless .rst, so that it is not installed
        rm README.rst
@@ -38,6 +50,9 @@
        # init file
        newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/radicale.init.d radicale || die
 
+       keepdir ${RDIR}
+       fowners radicale:radicale ${RDIR}
+
        # config file
        insinto /etc/${PN}
        doins config logging || die