diff -Nuar tor-0.2.7.4-rc.orig/src/config/torrc.sample.in tor-0.2.7.4-rc/src/config/torrc.sample.in
--- tor-0.2.7.4-rc.orig/src/config/torrc.sample.in	2015-10-19 11:12:53.000000000 -0400
+++ tor-0.2.7.4-rc/src/config/torrc.sample.in	2015-10-21 21:18:49.151973113 -0400
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
 ## Tor will look for this file in various places based on your platform:
 ## https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq#torrc
 
+## Default username and group the server will run as
+User tor
+
+PIDFile /run/tor/tor.pid
+
 ## Tor opens a SOCKS proxy on port 9050 by default -- even if you don't
 ## configure one below. Set "SOCKSPort 0" if you plan to run Tor only
 ## as a relay, and not make any local application connections yourself.
@@ -42,6 +47,7 @@
 #Log notice syslog
 ## To send all messages to stderr:
 #Log debug stderr
+Log warn syslog
 
 ## Uncomment this to start the process in the background... or use
 ## --runasdaemon 1 on the command line. This is ignored on Windows;
@@ -51,6 +57,7 @@
 ## The directory for keeping all the keys/etc. By default, we store
 ## things in $HOME/.tor on Unix, and in Application Data\tor on Windows.
 #DataDirectory @LOCALSTATEDIR@/lib/tor
+DataDirectory   /var/lib/tor/data
 
 ## The port on which Tor will listen for local connections from Tor
 ## controller applications, as documented in control-spec.txt.