diff --git a/config/jail.conf b/config/jail.conf
index fc54e2fb..c48e6a7b 100644
--- a/config/jail.conf
+++ b/config/jail.conf
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ logpath  = /var/log/monit
 [webmin-auth]
 
 port    = 10000
-logpath = /var/log/auth.log
+logpath = %(syslog_authpriv)s
 
 
 #
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ maxretry = 6
 
 [vsftpd]
 # or overwrite it in jails.local to be
-# logpath = /var/log/auth.log
+# logpath = %(syslog_authpriv)s
 # if you want to rely on PAM failed login attempts
 # vsftpd's failregex should match both of those formats
 port     = ftp,ftp-data,ftps,ftps-data
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ logpath  = %(postfix_log)s
 [perdition]
 
 port   = imap3,imaps,pop3,pop3s
-logpath = /var/log/maillog
+logpath = %(syslog_mail)s
 
 
 [squirrelmail]
@@ -663,13 +663,13 @@ maxretry = 5
 [pam-generic]
 # pam-generic filter can be customized to monitor specific subset of 'tty's
 banaction = iptables-allports
-logpath  = /var/log/auth.log
+logpath  = %(syslog_authpriv)s
 
 
 [xinetd-fail]
 
 banaction = iptables-multiport-log
-logpath   = /var/log/daemon.log
+logpath   = %(syslog_daemon)s
 maxretry  = 2
 
 
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ action  = %(banaction)s[name=%(__name__)s-tcp, port="%(tcpport)s", protocol="tcp
 [nagios]
 
 enabled  = false
-logpath  = /var/log/messages     ; nrpe.cfg may define a different log_facility
+logpath  = %(syslog_daemon)s     ; nrpe.cfg may define a different log_facility
 maxretry = 1