diff -Naur cron.daily.orig/aide cron.daily/aide
--- cron.daily.orig/aide	2008-10-13 12:56:03.000000000 +0100
+++ cron.daily/aide	2008-10-13 13:03:54.000000000 +0100
@@ -124,6 +124,10 @@
 		LOGHEAD="$(printf "terminated: Cannot move away %s." "$TMPDIRIN")"
 		MAILHEAD="$(printf "The cron job was terminated: Cannot move away %s." "$TMPDIRIN")"
 		;;
+	cantcreatetmpbase)
+		LOGHEAD="$(printf "terminated: Cannot create temporary base directory %s." "$TMPBASE")"
+		MAILHEAD="$(printf "The cron job was terminated: Cannot create temporary base directory %s." "$TMPBASE")"
+		;;
 	cantcreatetmp)
 		LOGHEAD="$(printf "terminated: Cannot create temporary directory %s." "$TMPDIRIN")"
 		MAILHEAD="$(printf "The cron job was terminated: Cannot create temporary directory %s." "$TMPDIRIN")"
@@ -365,6 +369,13 @@
 
 BEGINTIME="$(date +%s)"
 
+if [ ! -d "$TMPBASE" ]; then
+	if ! mkdir -p $TMPBASE; then
+		onexit cantcreatetmpbase
+		exit 1
+	fi
+fi
+
 if command -v dotlockfile >/dev/null 2>&1; then
 	if ! dotlockfile -p -l "$LOCKFILE"; then
 		onexit nolock