--- pgpool.conf.sample.old	2009-03-22 22:18:52.000000000 +0200
+++ pgpool.conf.sample	2009-03-22 22:46:20.000000000 +0200
@@ -12,16 +12,14 @@
 # Port number for pgpool communication manager
 pcp_port = 9898
 
-# Unix domain socket path.  (The Debian package defaults to
-# /var/run/postgresql.)
+# Unix domain socket path.  
 socket_dir = '/tmp'
 
 # Unix domain socket path for pgpool communication manager.
-# (Debian package defaults to /var/run/postgresql)
 pcp_socket_dir = '/tmp'
 
-# Unix domain socket path for the backend. Debian package defaults to /var/run/postgresql!
-backend_socket_dir = '/tmp'
+# Unix domain socket path for the backend. 
+backend_socket_dir = '/var/run/pgpool'
 
 # pgpool communication manager timeout. 0 means no timeout, but strongly not recommended!
 pcp_timeout = 10
@@ -54,7 +52,7 @@
 authentication_timeout = 60
 
 # Logging directory
-logdir = '/tmp'
+logdir = '/var/log/pgpool'
 
 # pid file name
 pid_file_name = '/var/run/pgpool/pgpool.pid'
@@ -166,10 +164,10 @@
 
 # backend_hostname, backend_port, backend_weight
 # here are examples
-#backend_hostname0 = 'host1'
-#backend_port0 = 5432
-#backend_weight0 = 1
-#backend_data_directory0 = '/data'
+backend_hostname0 = 'localhost'
+backend_port0 = 5432
+backend_weight0 = 1
+backend_data_directory0 = '/var/lib/pgsql/data'
 #backend_hostname1 = 'host2'
 #backend_port1 = 5433
 #backend_weight1 = 1