diff -u aide-0.13.1/debian/cron.daily/aide aide-0.13.1/debian/cron.daily/aide
--- aide-0.13.1/debian/cron.daily/aide
+++ aide-0.13.1/debian/cron.daily/aide
@@ -120,6 +120,10 @@
 		LOGHEAD="$(printf "terminated because lock %s could not be obtaiend." "$LOCKFILE")"
 		MAILHEAD="$(printf "The cron job was terminated because lock %s could not be obtained." "$LOCKFILE")"
 		;;
+	cantcreatebase)
+		LOGHEAD="$(printf "terminated: Cannot create base directory %s." "$TMPBASE")"
+		MAILHEAD="$(printf "The cron job was terminated: Cannot create base directory %s." "$TMPBASE")"
+		;;
 	cantmovetmp)
 		LOGHEAD="$(printf "terminated: Cannot move away %s." "$TMPDIRIN")"
 		MAILHEAD="$(printf "The cron job was terminated: Cannot move away %s." "$TMPDIRIN")"
@@ -365,6 +369,11 @@
 
 BEGINTIME="$(date +%s)"
 
+if ! mkdir -p $TMPBASE; then
+	onexit cantcreatebase
+	exit 1
+fi
+
 if command -v dotlockfile >/dev/null 2>&1; then
 	if ! dotlockfile -p -l "$LOCKFILE"; then
 		onexit nolock
diff -u aide-0.13.1/debian/aide_fixperms aide-0.13.1/debian/aide_fixperms
--- aide-0.13.1/debian/aide_fixperms
+++ aide-0.13.1/debian/aide_fixperms
@@ -1,11 +1,20 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-PACKAGES="aide aide-config-zg2"
+EXTRAPACKAGES="aide-config-zg2"
 
-for package in $PACKAGES; do
+fixperm() {
+  file=$1
+  if < $file head -n 1 | grep -q '^#!'; then
+    chmod 755 $file
+  fi
+}
+
+for file in $(find debian/aide-common/usr/share/aide/config/aide -type f -print 2>/dev/null); do
+  fixperm $file
+done
+  
+for package in $EXTRAPACKAGES; do
   for file in $(find debian/$package/usr/share/$package/config/aide -type f -print 2>/dev/null); do
-    if < $file head -n 1 | grep -q '^#!'; then
-      chmod 755 $file
-    fi
+    fixperm $file
   done
 done
diff -u aide-0.13.1/debian/changelog aide-0.13.1/debian/changelog
--- aide-0.13.1/debian/changelog
+++ aide-0.13.1/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+aide (0.13.1-8ubuntu3) hardy-proposed; urgency=low
+
+  [ Jean-Baptiste Lallement ]
+  * more fixes to aide_fixperms. Backported from intrepid (LP: #157858) 
+
+  [ Jamie Strandboge ]
+  * Create TMPBASE directory if it doesn't exists (LP: #144730). Thanks
+    to Jean-Baptiste Lallement.
+
+ -- Jamie Strandboge <jamie@ubuntu.com>  Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:10:22 -0500
+
 aide (0.13.1-8ubuntu1) hardy; urgency=low
 
   * add missing Replaces: aide (<< 0.13.1-7) to fix file
diff -u aide-0.13.1/debian/aide-common.postinst aide-0.13.1/debian/aide-common.postinst
--- aide-0.13.1/debian/aide-common.postinst
+++ aide-0.13.1/debian/aide-common.postinst
@@ -59,6 +59,14 @@
   fi
 done
 
+# sync permissions in /etc/aide/aide.conf.d (LP: #157858)
+AIDECONFD="aide/aide.conf.d"
+if [ -n "$2" ] && dpkg --compare-versions "$2" lt "0.13.1-8ubuntu2"; then
+  for file in $(find $SRCDIR/$AIDECONFD -type f -printf '%P\n' ); do
+      chmod --reference="$SRCDIR/$AIDECONFD/$file" "$TRGDIR/$AIDECONFD/$file"
+  done
+fi
+
 (umask 077 && mkdir -p /var/run/aide)
 
 db_get aide/newlibdir