diff --git a/xCAT-server/sbin/makenamed.conf b/xCAT-server/sbin/makenamed.conf
index 57d952809..96602426a 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/sbin/makenamed.conf
+++ b/xCAT-server/sbin/makenamed.conf
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-FILE=/etc/named.conf
 
+DIRECTORY=/var/named 
+
+if [ -f /etc/SuSE-release ]; then
+  DIRECTORY=/var/lib 
+fi
+FILE=/etc/named.conf
 #unalias cp
 if [ -f $FILE ]; then
   cp -f $FILE ${FILE}.ORIG
@@ -10,10 +15,10 @@ if [ ! -d /var/named ]; then
   mkdir "/var/named"
 fi
 echo "options {
-	directory \"/var/named\";
-	dump-file \"/var/named/data/cache_dump.db\";
-	statistics-file \"/var/named/data/named_stats.txt\";
-	memstatistics-file \"/var/named/data/named_mem_stats.txt\";
+	directory $DIRECTORY;
+	dump-file \"$DIRECTORY/data/cache_dump.db\";
+	statistics-file \"$DIRECTORY/data/named_stats.txt\";
+	memstatistics-file \"$DIRECTORY/data/named_mem_stats.txt\";
 	recursion yes;
 	forward only;
 	forwarders {" >$FILE