diff --git a/cta.spec.in b/cta.spec.in
index cac3b09315b73cfc497e5dfd59dc49c080df3819..6f61694940cf4100328b71679b618adae1ce4749 100644
--- a/cta.spec.in
+++ b/cta.spec.in
@@ -303,6 +303,8 @@ Tools to faciliate working with rmc and smc in cta
 %attr(0644,root,root) %doc /usr/share/man/man1/smc.1cta.gz
 %attr(0644,root,root) %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/cta/cta-rmcd.conf.example
 %attr(0644,root,root) %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/cta/cta-smc.conf.example
+%attr(0644,root,root) /etc/sysconfig/cta-rmc
+%attr(0644,root,root) %config(noreplace) /etc/logrotate.d/cta-rmc
 
 #%package -n cta-smc
 #Summary: Tools to faciliate working with smc in cta
diff --git a/mediachanger/castorrmc/rmc/rmc_serv.c b/mediachanger/castorrmc/rmc/rmc_serv.c
index 01c7e5bdb47085bfd89fc0e46454722897209603..a09fdc4a2a283363d6b939bc5bd5088c4b2d0b96 100644
--- a/mediachanger/castorrmc/rmc/rmc_serv.c
+++ b/mediachanger/castorrmc/rmc/rmc_serv.c
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include "rmc_send_scsi_cmd.h"
 
+#define PATH_CONF "cta-rmcd.conf" 
+
 /* Forward declaration */
 static int rmc_getreq(const int s, int *const req_type, char *const req_data,
   char **const clienthost);
@@ -136,7 +138,7 @@ int rmc_main(const char *const robot)
 	sin.sin_family = AF_INET ;
 	{
 		const char *p;
-		if ((p = getenv ("RMC_PORT")) || (p = getconfent ("RMC", "PORT", 0))) {
+		if ((p = getenv ("RMC_PORT")) || (p = getconfent_fromfile (PATH_CONF,"RMC", "PORT", 0))) {
 			sin.sin_port = htons ((unsigned short)atoi (p));
 		} else {
 			sin.sin_port = htons ((unsigned short)RMC_PORT);
diff --git a/mediachanger/castorrmc/rmc/rmc_smcsubr.c b/mediachanger/castorrmc/rmc/rmc_smcsubr.c
index 91e4a444442a0a71034abe2ba12a7e9c0bbd8b94..6b991df31a3a7c4fe4329ad9bf70f50bb4acee00 100644
--- a/mediachanger/castorrmc/rmc/rmc_smcsubr.c
+++ b/mediachanger/castorrmc/rmc/rmc_smcsubr.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "smc_constants.h"
 
 #define	RBT_XTRA_PROC 10
+#define PATH_CONF "cta-smc.conf"
 static struct smc_status smc_status;
 static const char *smc_msgaddr;
 
@@ -442,7 +443,7 @@ int smc_find_cartridge(
 	func[sizeof(func) - 1] = '\0';
         
         /* Skip the 0xB6 cdb command if the tape library is Spectra like */
-        smcLibraryType = getconfent("SMC","LIBRARY_TYPE",0);
+        smcLibraryType = getconfent_fromfile(PATH_CONF,"SMC","LIBRARY_TYPE",0);
         if (NULL != smcLibraryType &&
             0 == strcasecmp(smcLibraryType,"SPECTRA")) {
           rc = smc_find_cartridgeWithoutSendVolumeTag (fd, rbtdev, find_template, type, start, nbelem,
diff --git a/mediachanger/castorrmc/rmc/send2rmc.c b/mediachanger/castorrmc/rmc/send2rmc.c
index 129492d257f30d54f7bd4f40e04d5a3b68f766e0..6a445c6860c1ed681157272bc9ddc0ac11676580 100644
--- a/mediachanger/castorrmc/rmc/send2rmc.c
+++ b/mediachanger/castorrmc/rmc/send2rmc.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "rmc_constants.h"
 #include "serrno.h"
 
+ #define PATH_CONF "cta-rmcd.conf"
 /* send2tpd - send a request to the SCSI media changer server and wait for the reply */
 
 int send2rmc(
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ int send2rmc(
 	int c;
 	char func[16];
 	char *getconfent();
+	char *getconfent_fromfile();
 	char *getenv();
 	struct hostent *hp;
 	int magic;
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ int send2rmc(
 
 	strncpy (func, "send2rmc", 16);
 	sin.sin_family = AF_INET;
-	if ((p = getenv ("RMC_PORT")) || (p = getconfent ("RMC", "PORT", 0))) {
+	if ((p = getenv ("RMC_PORT")) || (p = getconfent_fromfile (PATH_CONF,"RMC", "PORT", 0))) {
 		sin.sin_port = htons ((unsigned short)atoi (p));
 	} else {
 		sin.sin_port = htons ((unsigned short)RMC_PORT);
diff --git a/mediachanger/castorrmc/rmc/smc.c b/mediachanger/castorrmc/rmc/smc.c
index ce31956a17d1613becc2aeb72b588c8a70ee65b0..54b229003d5055b6837df2852917423bb1d2b745 100644
--- a/mediachanger/castorrmc/rmc/smc.c
+++ b/mediachanger/castorrmc/rmc/smc.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 			/* exit codes */
 
 #define	USERR	1
+#define PATH_CONF "cta-smc.conf"
 
 extern char *optarg;
 
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ static int smc_qdrive (
 		printf ("Drive Ordinal\tElement Addr.\tStatus\t\tVid\n");
 
         useSpectraLib=0;
-        smcLibraryType = getconfent("SMC","LIBRARY_TYPE",0);
+        smcLibraryType = getconfent_fromfile(PATH_CONF,"SMC","LIBRARY_TYPE",0);
         if (NULL != smcLibraryType && 
             0 == strcasecmp(smcLibraryType,"SPECTRA")) {
           useSpectraLib = 1;
diff --git a/tapeserver/CMakeLists.txt b/tapeserver/CMakeLists.txt
index 3ab3b09995a471741b78a8514dba22cdd36d3023..16a525db31370b46a2b0b312e2e57938e58d2d7f 100644
--- a/tapeserver/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tapeserver/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ install (FILES cta-taped.1cta DESTINATION /usr/share/man/man1)
 install (FILES cta-taped.logrotate DESTINATION /etc/logrotate.d RENAME cta-taped)
 install (FILES cta-taped.sysconfig DESTINATION /etc/sysconfig RENAME cta-taped)
 install (FILES cta-taped.service DESTINATION /etc/systemd/system)
+install (FILES cta-rmc.logrotate DESTINATION /etc/logrotate.d RENAME cta-rmc)
+install (FILES cta-rmc.sysconfig DESTINATION /etc/sysconfig RENAME cta-rmc)
+#install (FILES cta-rmc.service DESTINATION /etc/systemd/system)
 
 # CTA's cta-taped system tests.
 add_library(cta-tapedSystemTests SHARED