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diff --git a/src/src/directory.c b/src/src/directory.c
index 7aa137c8a..5c55a4524 100644
--- a/src/src/directory.c
+++ b/src/src/directory.c
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-/* $Cambridge: exim/src/src/directory.c,v 1.6 2009/11/16 19:50:36 nm4 Exp $ */
-
 /*************************************************
 *     Exim - an Internet mail transport agent    *
 *************************************************/
@@ -36,10 +34,12 @@ Returns:    panic on failure if panic is set; otherwise return FALSE;
 */
 
 BOOL
-directory_make(uschar *parent, uschar *name, int mode, BOOL panic)
+directory_make(const uschar *parent, const uschar *name,
+               int mode, BOOL panic)
 {
 BOOL use_chown = parent == spool_directory && geteuid() == root_uid;
-uschar *p, *slash;
+uschar *p;
+const uschar *slash;
 int c = 1;
 struct stat statbuf;
 uschar buffer[256];
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ uschar buffer[256];
 if (parent == NULL)
   {
   p = buffer + 1;
-  slash = parent = US"";
+  slash = parent = CUS"";
   }
 else
   {
@@ -74,7 +74,12 @@ while (c != 0 && *p != 0)
 
     /* Set the ownership if necessary. */
 
-    if (use_chown) (void)Uchown(buffer, exim_uid, exim_gid);
+    if (use_chown && Uchown(buffer, exim_uid, exim_gid))
+      {
+      if (!panic) return FALSE;
+      log_write(0, LOG_MAIN|LOG_PANIC_DIE,
+        "Failed to set owner on directory \"%s\": %s\n", buffer, strerror(errno));
+      }
 
     /* It appears that any mode bits greater than 0777 are ignored by
     mkdir(), at least on some operating systems. Therefore, if the mode