--- saslauthd.orig	2009-02-12 01:50:28.826406266 -0200
+++ saslauthd	2009-02-12 01:52:03.899769684 -0200
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
 case "$1" in
   start)
     stat_busy "Starting $DAEMON_NAME"
+    if [ ! -d /var/run/saslauthd ]; then
+      mkdir /var/run/saslauthd
+    fi
     [ -z "$SASLAUTHD_PID" ] && $SASLAUTHD_BIN $SASLAUTHD_OPTS
     if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
       stat_fail