diff --git a/xCAT-client-2.0/xCAT-client.spec b/xCAT-client-2.0/xCAT-client.spec
index ee09bdc4d..11f22f8a8 100644
--- a/xCAT-client-2.0/xCAT-client.spec
+++ b/xCAT-client-2.0/xCAT-client.spec
@@ -107,12 +107,12 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 %post 
 %ifos linux
-echo "XCATROOT=$XCATROOT
+echo "XCATROOT=$RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX0
 PATH=\$PATH:\$XCATROOT/bin:\$XCATROOT/sbin
 MANPATH=\$MANPATH:\$XCATROOT/share/man
 export XCATROOT PATH MANPATH" >/etc/profile.d/xcat.sh
 
-echo "setenv XCATROOT \"$XCATROOT\"
+echo "setenv XCATROOT \"$RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX0\"
 setenv PATH \${PATH}:\${XCATROOT}/bin:\${XCATROOT}/sbin
 setenv MANPATH \${MANPATH}:\${XCATROOT}/share/man" >/etc/profile.d/xcat.csh
 chmod 755 /etc/profile.d/xcat.*
diff --git a/xCAT-server-2.0/lib/xcat/monitoring/xcatmon.pm b/xCAT-server-2.0/lib/xcat/monitoring/xcatmon.pm
index 56b7900c2..69cb2fe72 100644
--- a/xCAT-server-2.0/lib/xcat/monitoring/xcatmon.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server-2.0/lib/xcat/monitoring/xcatmon.pm
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ sub supportNodeStatusMon {
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 sub startNodeStatusMon {
   #print "xcatmon.startNodeStatusMon\n";
-  my $newentry="*/3 * * * * $::XCATROOT/sbin/xcatnodemon >> /var/log/xcatmon.log";
+  my $newentry="*/3 * * * * $::XCATROOT/sbin/xcatnodemon";
   my ($code, $msg)=xCAT::Utils::add_cron_job($newentry);
   if ($code==0) { return (0, "started"); }
   else {  return ($code, $msg); }
diff --git a/xCAT-server-2.0/sbin/xcatnodemon b/xCAT-server-2.0/sbin/xcatnodemon
index 5499bfefb..256a5b3b9 100755
--- a/xCAT-server-2.0/sbin/xcatnodemon
+++ b/xCAT-server-2.0/sbin/xcatnodemon
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ my %nodes_status_old=xCAT_monitoring::monitorctrl::getNodeStatus();
 my $tmp_node_active=$nodes_status_old{$::STATUS_ACTIVE};
 my $tmp_node_inactive=$nodes_status_old{$::STATUS_INACTIVE};
 my $tmp_node_unknown=$nodes_status_old{unknown};
-print "active nodes: @$tmp_node_active\n";
-print "inactive nodes: @$tmp_node_inactive\n";
-print "unknown nodes: @$tmp_node_unknown\n";
+#print "active nodes: @$tmp_node_active\n";
+#print "inactive nodes: @$tmp_node_inactive\n";
+#print "unknown nodes: @$tmp_node_unknown\n";
 
 #get current node status
 my %nodes_status_new1=();