diff --git a/src/server/slavefuncs.c b/src/server/slavefuncs.c
--- a/src/server/slavefuncs.c
+++ b/src/server/slavefuncs.c
@@ -222,8 +222,8 @@ int conf_replace(char *conffile, char *w
   int maxlinelen = 120;
   char *fileOrig;
   char *fileRepl;
-  _distren_asprintf(&fileOrig, "&s&s", SYSCONFDIR, conffile);
-  _distren_asprintf(&fileRepl, "&s&s.edited", SYSCONFDIR, conffile);
+  _distren_asprintf(&fileOrig, "%s/%s", SYSCONFDIR, conffile);
+  _distren_asprintf(&fileRepl, "%s%s.edited", SYSCONFDIR, conffile);
   char buffer[maxlinelen+2];
   char *buff_ptr, *find_ptr;
   FILE *fp1, *fp2;