diff --git a/ddclient-3.7.1-sysconfig.patch b/ddclient-3.7.1-sysconfig.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..83f1b02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ddclient-3.7.1-sysconfig.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- ddclient-3.7.1/sample-etc_ddclient.conf.orig	2007-05-03 14:25:43.000000000 +0200
++++ ddclient-3.7.1/sample-etc_ddclient.conf	2007-05-03 14:29:36.000000000 +0200
+@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
+ ##          are mentioned here.
+ ##
+ ######################################################################
++# daemon: consider to use /etc/sysconfig/ddclient instead of modifying here
+ daemon=300				# check every 300 seconds
+ syslog=yes				# log update msgs to syslog
+ #mail=root				# mail all msgs to root
diff --git a/ddclient.changes b/ddclient.changes
index da48370..455bb0e 100644
--- a/ddclient.changes
+++ b/ddclient.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu May  3 14:26:56 CEST 2007 - kssingvo@suse.de
+
+- added sysconfig file, as suggested in bugzilla#268138
+- added /var/cache/ddclient (bugzilla#268138)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Apr  3 20:38:18 CEST 2007 - kssingvo@suse.de
 
diff --git a/ddclient.spec b/ddclient.spec
index 5c93acf..8514a86 100644
--- a/ddclient.spec
+++ b/ddclient.spec
@@ -17,15 +17,17 @@ Requires:       perl >= 5.004
 Suggests:       perl-IO-Socket-SSL
 Autoreqprov:    on
 Version:        3.7.1
-Release:        9
+Release:        15
 URL:            http://ddclient.sourceforge.net/
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 Summary:        A Perl Client to Update Dynamic DNS Entries
 Source0:        http://switch.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/ddclient/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source1:        rc.ddclient
+Source2:        ddclient.sysconfig
 Patch0:         ddclient-3.6.3-config.patch
 Patch1:         ddclient-3.7.1-config.patch
 Patch2:         ddclient-3.7.1-fw_debug.patch
+Patch3:         ddclient-3.7.1-sysconfig.patch
 
 %description
 ddclient is a small full-featured client requiring only Perl. Supported
@@ -51,6 +53,7 @@ Authors:
 %patch0 -p1 -b _orig
 %patch1 -p1
 %patch2 -p1
+%patch3 -p1
 
 %build
 #export CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS"
@@ -72,10 +75,15 @@ mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/sbin
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_sysconfdir}/init.d
 install -m 755 %{name} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/sbin/
 install -m 644 sample-etc_ddclient.conf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_sysconfdir}/ddclient.conf
-# init script
+# init script and config file
 install -m 755 %{SOURCE1} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_sysconfdir}/init.d/ddclient
 ln -s %{_sysconfdir}/init.d/ddclient $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/sbin/rcddclient
- 
+install -d -m 755 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/var/adm/fillup-templates
+install -m 644 %{SOURCE2} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/var/adm/fillup-templates/sysconfig.ddclient
+install -d -m 755 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/var/cache/ddclient
+
+%post
+%{fillup_only}
 
 %preun
 %stop_on_removal ddclient
@@ -94,9 +102,14 @@ ln -s %{_sysconfdir}/init.d/ddclient $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/sbin/rcddclient
 %config %attr(0755,root,root) /etc/init.d/ddclient
 /usr/sbin/%{name}
 /usr/sbin/rcddclient
+/var/adm/fillup-templates/sysconfig.ddclient
+%dir /var/cache/ddclient
 %doc COPY* README* sample*
 
 %changelog
+* Thu May 03 2007 - kssingvo@suse.de
+- added sysconfig file, as suggested in bugzilla#268138
+- added /var/cache/ddclient (bugzilla#268138)
 * Tue Apr 03 2007 - kssingvo@suse.de
 - fixed issue in debug messages (bugzilla#250170)
 * Tue Feb 13 2007 - kssingvo@suse.de
diff --git a/ddclient.sysconfig b/ddclient.sysconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa12879
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ddclient.sysconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+## Path:		Network/DNS/Utilities
+## Description:		ddclient intervall option
+## Type:		integer
+## Default:		300
+## ServiceRestart:	ddclient
+#
+# intervall to check (in daemon mode)
+#
+DDCLIENT_INTERVALL="300"
+
+## Description:		ddclient start options
+## Type:		string
+## Default:		""
+## ServiceRestart:	ddclient
+#
+# additional startup options, e.g. "-debug"
+#
+DDCLIENT_OPTIONS=""
diff --git a/rc.ddclient b/rc.ddclient
index ad95679..4e0a1b1 100644
--- a/rc.ddclient
+++ b/rc.ddclient
@@ -28,17 +28,22 @@
 # Source SuSE config, only if exists with size greater zero
 test -s /etc/rc.status && . /etc/rc.status
 
+DDCLIENT_SYSCONFIG=/etc/sysconfig/ddclient
 DDCLIENT_CONFIG=/etc/ddclient.conf
 DDCLIENT_BIN=/usr/sbin/ddclient
 
 test -s "$DDCLIENT_CONFIG" || exit 6
 
+test -s "$DDCLIENT_SYSCONFIG" && . "$DDCLIENT_SYSCONFIG"
+
+dd_intervall=${DDCLIENT_INTERVALL:-300}
+
 rc_reset
 
 case "$1" in
   start)
         echo -n "Starting ddclient daemon"
-        startproc "$DDCLIENT_BIN" -daemon 300
+        startproc "$DDCLIENT_BIN" -daemon $dd_intervall $DDCLIENT_OPTIONS
         rc_status -v
         ;;
   stop)