Index: scheduler/conf.c
===================================================================
--- scheduler/conf.c	(revision 314)
+++ scheduler/conf.c	(working copy)
@@ -658,7 +658,8 @@
   * writable by the user and group in the cupsd.conf file...
   */
 
-  if (check_permissions(CacheDir, NULL, 0775, RunUser, Group, 1, 1) < 0 ||
+  if (check_permissions(RequestRoot, NULL, 0710, RunUser, Group, 1, 1) < 0 ||
+      check_permissions(CacheDir, NULL, 0775, RunUser, Group, 1, 1) < 0 ||
       check_permissions(StateDir, NULL, 0755, RunUser, Group, 1, 1) < 0 ||
       check_permissions(StateDir, "certs", RunUser ? 0711 : 0511, User,
                 	SystemGroupIDs[0], 1, 1) < 0 ||
@@ -710,13 +711,9 @@
   }
 
  /*
-  * Make sure the request and temporary directories have the right
-  * permissions...
+  * Make sure the temporary directory has the right permissions...
   */
 
-  if (check_permissions(RequestRoot, NULL, 0710, RunUser, Group, 1, 1) < 0)
-    return (0);
-
   if (!strncmp(TempDir, RequestRoot, strlen(RequestRoot)) ||
       access(TempDir, 0))
   {
Index: scheduler/log.c
===================================================================
--- scheduler/log.c	(revision 314)
+++ scheduler/log.c	(working copy)
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include "cupsd.h"
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <syslog.h>
+#include <libgen.h>
 
 
 /*
@@ -469,6 +470,7 @@
 		filename[1024],		/* Formatted log filename */
 		*ptr;			/* Pointer into filename */
   const char	*logptr;		/* Pointer into log filename */
+  struct stat	statbuf;	        /* Directory information */
 
 
  /*
@@ -546,10 +548,32 @@
 
     if ((*lf = cupsFileOpen(filename, "a")) == NULL)
     {
-      syslog(LOG_ERR, "Unable to open log file \"%s\" - %s", filename,
-             strerror(errno));
+     /*
+      * If the file is in CUPS_LOGDIR then try to create a missing directory...
+      */
 
-      return (0);
+      if (!strncmp(filename, CUPS_LOGDIR, strlen(CUPS_LOGDIR)) &&
+	  stat(CUPS_LOGDIR, &statbuf) == -1 &&
+	  errno == ENOENT)
+      {
+	syslog(LOG_WARNING, "Creating missing directory \"%s\"", CUPS_LOGDIR);
+
+	if (mkdir(CUPS_LOGDIR, 0755))
+	{
+	  syslog(LOG_ERR, "Unable to create directory \"%s\" - %s", CUPS_LOGDIR,
+		 strerror(errno));
+	  return (-1);
+	}
+
+	*lf = cupsFileOpen(filename, "a");
+      }
+
+      if (*lf == NULL)
+      {
+	syslog(LOG_ERR, "Unable to open log file \"%s\" - %s", filename,
+	       strerror(errno));
+	return (0);
+      }
     }
 
     if (strncmp(filename, "/dev/", 5))