diff --git a/xCAT-server/sbin/makenamed.conf b/xCAT-server/sbin/makenamed.conf
index 6264facb2..22e1fbbc6 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/sbin/makenamed.conf
+++ b/xCAT-server/sbin/makenamed.conf
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ is_lsb_ubuntu ()
 }
 
 
-DIRECTORY=/var/named 
+DIRECTORY=/var/named
 
 if [ -f /etc/SuSE-release ]; then
-  DIRECTORY=/var/lib/named 
+  DIRECTORY=/var/lib/named
 fi
 FILE=/etc/named.conf
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ if [ -f $FILE ]; then
   cp -f $FILE ${FILE}.ORIG
 fi
 if [ ! -d $DIRECTORY ]; then
-  mkdir $DIRECTORY 
+  mkdir $DIRECTORY
 fi
 echo "options {
 	directory \"$DIRECTORY\";